Author profile

W. S. Gilbert

1836–1911 · Location not recorded

W. S. Gilbert is represented in Linden by 2 complete, source-verified public-domain works. The profile retains the author identity and recorded life dates from the official edition metadata.

Drama Children’s Literature Fiction

Life and context

A short timeline

1836
Born in a location not recorded here.
Unknown year
The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan published.
Unknown year
The Pinafore Picture Book: the Story of H.M.S. Pinafore published.
1911
End of the author’s recorded life.

Recurring concerns

Themes and style

Drama
Children’s Literature
Fiction

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Works by W. S. Gilbert

2 works in the Linden collection.

Drama

The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan

Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert

Drama · A2–B1 · 15 hr

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Children’s Literature

The Pinafore Picture Book: the Story of H.M.S. Pinafore

W. S. Gilbert

Children’s Literature · B1–B2 · 2 hr

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Image credit: Elliott Fry ; restored by Adam Cuerden. This page labels the image record as historical portrait (Wikidata identity matched; editorially normalized). See the Elliott & Fry - photograph W. S. Gilbert.jpg; reuse status: Public domain.