English essayist and poet, 1862–1925 (1862–1925)

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A very queer family indeed : sex, religion, and the Bensons in Victorian Britain / Simon Goldhill.

The letters of Queen Victoria : a selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861, published by authority of His Majesty King Edward VII / edited by Arthur Christopher Benson and Viscount Esher.

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A. C. Benson

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The letters of Queen Victoria : a selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861, published by authority of His Majesty King Edward VII / edited by Arthur Christopher Benson and Viscount Esher.