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Alfred Ollivant (1874–1927) was an English novelist known best for his novel ''Owd Bob''. Ollivant also published about a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionary tales to grand historical stories. Alfred Ollivant was born in Nuthurst, Sussex, during 1874 and became an author after a horse-riding injury ending his brief military career. Owd Bob, his first novel, was published during 1898. Set in rural Cumbria, in northern England, the novel concerns a suspected sheepkilling collie Bob. Even though most of the book's dialogue is written in the Cumbrian dialect, it became popular in the United States. Ollivant even published a sequel, Danny, during 1902. He was also a short story contributor to the magazines The Atlantic Monthly and the Boston Evening Transcript. Alfred Ollivant died in London on January 19, 1927. ==Bibliography== *''Owd Bob - Being the story of Bob, son of Battle, the last of the grey dogs of Kenmuir'' (1898) *Danny (1902) *The Redcoat Captain: A Story of that Country (1907) *The Gentleman: A Romance of the Sea (1908) *The Taming of John Blunt (1911) *The Royal Road (1912) *The Brown Mare, and other studies of England under the cloud (1916) *Boy Woodburn: A story of the Sussex Downs (1917) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfred Ollivant (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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