(1862-1925) UK essayist, poet and author, elder brother of E F Benson and Robert Hugh Benson. Much of his short fiction was fantasy, and can be found in The Hill of Trouble and Other Stories (coll 1903) and The Isles of Sunset (coll 1904) – the two books being assembled as Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories (omni 1911) – and in Basil Netherby (coll 1926). The Child of the Dawn (1912) is an Immortality tale, religiously sententious but occasionally moving. [JC]

see also: Fantasy Entries.

Arthur Christopher Benson

born Crowthorne, Berkshire: 24 April 1862

died Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: 17 June 1925

works (selected)

• The Hill of Trouble and Other Stories (London: Isbister and Company, 1903) [coll: hb/]
• The Isles of Sunset Stories (London: Isbister and Company Limited, 1904) [coll: hb/]
  • Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories (London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1911) [omni of the above two titles: hb/]
• Basil Netherby (London: Hutchinson, 1926) [coll: hb/B Wallace]
• The Child of the Dawn (London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1912) [hb/]
• Ghosts in the House (Penyffordd, Chester, Wales: Ash-Tree Press, 1996) with Robert Hugh Benson [anth: stories by A C Benson plus nonfiction by R H Benson: hb/Richard Lamb]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

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