Joseph Vance. An ill-written autobiography

De Morgan published his first novel, Joseph Vance , in 1906 (at age 67). His long, "old-fashioned" novels, more like the slow-paced Victorian novels of decades earlier, were widely and surprisingly popular. He found financial success as an author in a way he never had as a ceramicist. Before he died in 1917, he had published seven novels, with two more appearing posthumously.