Hubert Crackanthorpe

Hubert Montague Crackanthorpe born was a Victorian British writer who created works mainly in the genres of the essay, short story, and novella. He also wrote limited amounts of literary criticism. After dying early and under mysterious circumstances, his name is now little known and has all but vanished from conventional literary biographies of the period. Crackanthorpe is usually associated with the literary movement of naturalism. His literary legacy consists largely of three volumes of short stories he managed to publish during his lifetime contemporary opinions of his talent as a writer varied widely, though one of his works was published with an appreciation by none other than Henry James.

Crackanthorpe was born to Montague Hughes Cookson, later Crackanthorpe , and his wife, Blanche Althea Elizabeth, ne Holt . Montague Cookson took the name Crackanthorpe by Royal Licence in 1888 on inheriting the Crackanthorpe estate through his grandmother Dorothy Crackanthorpe who was also the grandmother of William and Dorothy Wordsworth.

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