Author:George Lewis Becke

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George Lewis Becke
(1855–1913)

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Pen name Louis Becke. Australian short-story writer and novelist. His writings were of variable quality, but have been compared to Rudyard Kipling, Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Works

By Reef and Palm (1894)
The Ebbing of the Tide (1896)
Rodman the Boat-steerer
Edward Barry
Tess, the Trader's Wife
Ridan the Devil
Breachley: Black Sheep
Sketches from Normandy
Pacific Tales (1897)
Helen Adair
Yorke the Adventurer (1901)
Tom Wallis (1900)
Wild Life in Southern Seas (1897)
Adventures of James Shervinton
The Jalasco Brig
By Rock and Pool
Clunkie's Flat
His Native Wife
Under Tropic Skies
The Adventures of a Supercargo
The Gerards
Notes from My South-Sea Log
The Tapir of Banderah (1901)

In collaboration with Walter J. Jeffery

The Mutineer
A First Fleet Family (1896)
Admiral Philip (1899)
The Founder of Australia
The Mystery of the Laughlin Isles
The Naval Pioneers of Australia

Works about Becke

"Becke, George Louis," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
"Becke, George Louis," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Becke, George Lewis," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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