George William MacArthur Reynolds, a British author and journalist, was born on July 23, 1814, and died on June 19, 1879. Regarded as a pioneering figure in Victorian popular fiction, Reynolds is best known for his lengthy serial novel, 'The Mysteries of London' (Vol. 1-4), which was published between 1844 and 1856. A contemporary of Charles Dickens, Reynolds's work was marked by a sensationalist ...