William Bury Westall (7 February 1834 – 1903) was an English novelist born in Old Accrington, Lancashire, England.
Originally a businessman, he later became a journalist who also wrote about 30 pot-boiler romantic novels with titles including The Old Factory, Strange Crimes and Her Ladyship's Secret. Among his better novels are Her Two Millions (1897) because of its autobiographical element and accurate descriptions of how a Swiss newspaper is run (Westall worked as an editor of Swiss Times); and Birch Dene (1889) which contains striking portraits of London and is evocative of the Industrial Revolution.
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“Illustrious examples engross, prejudice, and intimidate. They engross our attention, and so prevent a due inspection of ourselves; they prejudice our judgment in favour of their abilities, and so lessen the sense of our own; and they intimidate us with the splendour of their renown, and thus under diffidence bury our strength.”
—Edward Young (1683–1765)