B. L. Farjeon
Benjamin Leopold Farjeon (12 May 1838 23 July 1903) was an English novelist, playwright, printer and journalist. As an author, he was known for his huge output. Farjeon began writing novels and plays, as a self-confessed disciple of Dickens, whose attention he managed to catch. In his novel Grif: A Story of Australian Life, for example, he modelled the Melbourne Street Arab Grif on Jo in Bleak House. In 1868, he returned to Britain and lived in London in the Adelphi Theatre.
Over the next 35 years, Farjeon produced nearly 60 novels. Many of his works were illustrated by his long-time friend Nicholas Chevalier.
Benjamin Farjeon died in Hampstead on 23 July 1903, aged 65