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GUTHRIE, THOMAS ANSTEY (1856- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 742 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GUTHRIE, See also:THOMAS See also:ANSTEY (1856- ) , known by the See also:pseudonym of F. Anstey, See also:English novelist, was See also:born in See also:Kensington, See also:London, on the 8th of See also:August 1856. He was educated at See also:King's See also:College, London, and at Trinity See also:Hall, See also:Cambridge, and was called to the See also:bar in 1880. But the popular success of his See also:story See also:Vice-Versa (1882) with its topsy turvy substitution of a See also:father for his schoolboy son, at once made his reputation as a humorist of an See also:original type. He published in 1883 a serious novel, The See also:Giant's Robe; but, in spite of its excellence, he discovered (and again in 1889 with The See also:Pariah) that it was not as a serious novelist but as a humorist that the public insisted on regarding him. As such his reputation was further confirmed.by The See also:Black Poodle (1884), The Tinted See also:Venus (1885), A Fallen Idol (1886), and other See also:works. He became an important member of the See also:staff of Purich, in which his " Voces populi " and his humorous parodies of a reciter's stock-piece (" Burglar See also:Bill," &c.) represent his best See also:work. In 1901 his successful See also:farce The See also:Man from Blankley's, based on a story which originally appeared in See also:Punch, was first produced at the See also:Prince of See also:Wales's See also:Theatre, in London.

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