The History of David Grieve

The History of David Grieve

Title page of the first edition.
Author	Mary Augusta Ward
Country	England
Language	English
Publisher	Smith, Elder & Co.
Publication date	1892

The History of David Grieve is a novel by Mary Augusta Ward, first published in 1892. Set in the 1860s and 1870s, the author follows the life of its titular character through four distinct parts: childhood, youth, storm and stress. The book begins with David's youth in rural Derbyshire goes on to his time as a bookseller in Manchester, his experiences and love affair in Paris, and his eventual return to Manchester as a married man. David's sister Louie is a central character.

Further reading

• "The History of David Grieve," The Bookman, 1892, p. 183.
• "The History of David Grieve," Current Literature, Vol. IX, No. 3, pp. 456–458.
• "New Books," Californian Illustrated Magazine, Vol. I, No. 5, 1892, pp. 513–514.
• "Mrs. Ward New Novel," The Book Buyer, Vol. IX, No. 2, 1892, pp. 56–61.
• "Talk About New Books," The Catholic World, Vol. LIV, 1892, pp. 918–922.
• Adams, Francis (July 1892). "Some Recent Novels," The Fortnightly Review, Vol. LVIII, pp. 13–22.
• Collister, Peter (1985). "The Heritage of George Sand: Mrs Humphry Ward's The History of David Grieve," Review of English Studies, Vol. 36, No. 144, pp. 501–521.
• Collister, Peter (1989). "Some Literary and Popular Sources for Mrs Humphry Ward's The History of David Grieve," The Review of English Studies, Vol. 40, No. 158, pp. 215–231; Concluded, Vol. 40, No. 159, pp. 373–385.
• Copeland, Charles Townsend (1892). "Recent American and English Fiction," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. LXIX, pp. 704–705.
• Copeland, Charles Townsend (1892). "George Eliot and Mrs Humphry Ward," The North American Review, Vol. 154, pp. 503–505.
• Hind, Robert (1892). "David Grieve: A Study in Natural Religion," Primitive Methodist Quarterly Review and Christian Ambassador, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 699–715.
• Olcott, Charles S. (1909). "Mrs. Humphry Ward's Real People," The Outlook, Vol. 93, pp. 407–415.
• Oliphant, Margaret (1892). "The Old Saloon," The Blackwood's Magazine, Vol. CLI, pp. 455–474.
• Ward, Mary A. (1905). "Preface" to The History of David Grieve. New York: The Macmillan Company, pp. vii–xvii.
• Wedgwood, Julia (1892). "Fiction and Faith," The Contemporary Review, Vol. LXII, pp. 217–224.

External links

• Mrs. Ward Make Reply
• The History of David Grieve, at Project Gutenberg
• The History of David Grieve, Vol. II, Vol. III, at Internet Archive