![]() In 1915 he became the Petrograd (present-day Saint Petersburg) correspondent for the London Daily News & Leader. In 1913, he made his first trip to Russia, both to escape his failed marriage and to study native folk stories this resulted in his popular Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1916). In the meantime, Ransome married somewhat impulsively and, before long, unhappily. ![]() For remarks in the latter, he was sued (unsuccessfully) for libel by Wilde’s sometime lover Lord Alfred Douglas. Other books, written or edited by Ransome, soon followed, including A History of Story-Telling in 1909 and, most notoriously, his 1912 study of Oscar Wilde. He also wrote articles and stories for a variety of magazines. The earliest known book to bear Ransome’s name is, remarkably, The A.B.C. ![]() ![]() Such a romantic adventure was still possible in those days, at the turn of the twentieth century. He took on assignments of all kinds and on subjects in which he was no expert, to make a living and learn his craft. From an early age, Ransome had literary ambitions, and as soon as he could, he left his native Yorkshire for London, where he became a freelance writer. ![]()
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