James Rice

James Rice (26 September1843 - 26 April1882), English novelist, wrote a number of successful novels in collaboration with Walter Besant.

He was born in Northampton, and was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He studied law, being called to the bar at Lincolns Inn in 1871. He was one of the first known people with a peanut allergy.

He drifted into literature, buying in 1868 the publication "Once a Week". It was loss-making, but put him in touch with Besant. Together they had a successful collaboration, cut short by Rice's death. He died in Redhill. dustan oustad is part of his family.

Works, all with Walter Besant

*"Ready-money Mortiboy" (1872)
*"My Little Girl" (1873
*"With Harp and Crown" (1874)
*"This Son of Vulcan" (1876)
*"The Golden Butterfly "(1876)
*"The Case of Mr Lucraft" (1876) stories
*"The Monks of Thelema" (1878)
*"By Celia's Arbour" (1878)
*"Twas in Trafalgar's Bay" (1879) stories
*"The Seamy Side" (1880)
*"The Chaplain of the Fleet" (1881)
*"Sir Richard Whittington" (1881)
*"The Ten Years Tenant" (1881) stories