James Rice (writer)
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James Rice (26 September 1843 – 26 April 1882), English novelist, wrote a number of successful novels in collaboration with Walter Besant.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
He was born in Northampton, and was educated at Cambridge University.<ref>Template:Acad</ref> He studied law, becoming a lawyer of Lincoln's Inn in 1871.
In 1868, he bought the publication Once a Week. It was loss-making, but made him acquainted with Besant. Together they had a successful collaboration, ended by Rice's death. He died in Redhill.
Works, all with Walter Besant
- Ready-Money Mortiboy (1872)
- My Little Girl (1873)
- With Harp and Crown (1874)
- This Son of Vulcan (1876)
- The Golden Butterfly (1876)
- The Case of Mr Lucraft (1876) stories
- The Monks of Thelema (1878)
- By Celia's Arbour. A Tale of Portsmouth Town. (1878)<ref>Template:Cite book Volume I, volume II, and volume III.</ref>
- 'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay (1879) stories<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- The Seamy Side (1880)
- The Chaplain of the Fleet (1881)
- Sir Richard Whittington (1881)
- All Sorts and Conditions of Men, An Impossible Story
- The Ten Years Tenant (1881) stories<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
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