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richard wakerley
i have my fathers copy of john halifax gentleman given to my father for good attendance at sunday school in 1942 in grantham and i am currently reading it when was it first published

Vanessa Clewes
Mrs Craik lived at a house called Wildwood in Hampstead, London. I don't know if she wrote 'John Halifax' at Wildwood or if she simpoly lived there with her publisher husband

Daniele Tinti
Hi, I find the book extraordinary. As you all know, to write "John Haifax, Gentlemen" Dinah Craik took inspiration from real locations. I've carried a research about Dinah Craik, and I've found that:1) Abel Fletcher's mill is described after the Mill of the Abbey of Tewkesbury, Staffordshire. In fact, the mill has been long called "Abel Fletcher' Mill". Now there are flats in it;2) Abel Fletcher' house is today the Bell Hotel in Tewkesbury. The "garden on the river" is today a car park;3) the "mayor's house with its 14 windows" is today the Tudor's House hotel in Tewkesbury;4) the Mythe is Mythe Hill (or Brendon Hills?), a few miles away Tewkesbury;5) I understand that Longfield is described after Longfield Cottage, where the author was born.Does anybody know what ROSE COTTAGE is described after?I'm a literary researcher; if you can find something interesting I'll be glad to discuss the matter at the following address: daniele.tinti@email.it.Daniele

Mal Richardson
recommended by my 92 year old mother. what a wonderful read.

Randall Smart
I just finished reading the book, here in Manitoba, Canada.The book had been in the possession of my grandparents many years ago. I found myself quite captivated by the unfolding of the story. This was surprising because I seldom read fiction. Having read her biographical notes after reading the story provides some interesting angles on the development of the plot. I would recommend the book as a story well told and still readable although it was first published 150 years ago.

olive
john halifax has always been one of my favourite books from the first time i read it ,through many rereadings

Martha Stoddard Holmes
I am working on Craik's biography and delighted to see Staffordshire engaging the work of one of its great gifts to the world! Craik had a fascinating life--after her mother died (this was after they had moved to Brompton, I believe) died, the father, a nonconformist minister who had lost his chapel in Stoke-upon-Trent and was periodically confined to an asylum, deserted Craik and her two younger brothers. She had been writing since an early age and now stepped in to support the family. Her brothers both died tragically young--Tom, after giving up an education in the company of Pre-Raphaelite painters Holman Hunt and others, went to sea but was killed in a shipboard accident before ever sailing. Ben became an engineer and worked for England during the Crimea, as well as travelling to Australia. He returned to England very ill in body and mind and was institutionalized--and later was hit by an omnibus while trying to escape. Dinah, who had shared a flat with Frances Martin (another working woman and founder of the working women's college that bears her name), kept a house for Ben when he was in England until his death. After he died she married a younger man who was an amputee, George Lillie Craik the younger (his uncle, George Lillie Craik, was a famous writer and historian), and he became a partner at her publisher, Macmillan. The couple lived in London until she had earned enough money to build the Corner House, her "house of books," as she called it, in Shortlands, Kent. They adopted an abandoned baby, Dorothy, in 1869, but Craik continued to work and publish while also devoting herself to her child. The family lived in Kent until her death in 1887, during preparations for Dorothy's wedding. I'm reading and transcribing Craik's diaries and letters and would welcome any information from local people! Please contact me at mstoddar@csusm.edu. I am a literature professor in California.

Eveline Shore
John Halifax. Mrs Craick, You can find a lot about the author, on http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/craik. many local details

Eveline Shore
I read John Halifax at a very early age around 1936. A marvellous book.
Regarding where dianna Mullock/Craik lived, there is information at all our local libraries. However one residence not mentioned is a house on a street corner opposite Newcastle High school, When we passed this house as a child my dad always pointed out the fact that she lived there.
The Illustrated book of John Halifax, which I have, once belonged to my aunt Mrs Lilian Hollins. I would say she received it around 1910.

nicky lawrenson
Is 'John Halifax, Gentleman' set in North Staffs & the SOT area?

Richard Talbot
I have been invited to assist in the book club as a local historian. I have just finished reading the book which represents a very true acount of the difficulties of the time. Places like Enderley Mills and Longfield (as in Longfield cottage at Hartshill where the author was born) plan an important part in the wonderful - love story. I really do feel that although some of the terms are dated, its reading displays an important message for all even today.

Justin Cartlidge
The 1871 and 1881 Census both show her as living in 'The Corner House, Beckenham, Kent' along with her husband George and adopted daughter Dorothy. Her occupation is given as 'Authoress'. Hope this helps!