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Ronald Firbank

English novelist

Lived
1886–1926

Updated September 2026

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About Ronald Firbank

Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank was an English novelist. His eight short novels, partly inspired by the London aesthetes of the 1890s, especially Oscar Wilde, consist largely of dialogue, with references to religion, social-climbing and sexuality.

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