364 pp. 8 pages of publisher ads follow text. Richard Pryce (14 May 1864 – 30 May 1942) was an English novelist, author of Christopher, David Penstephen and other works of fiction. He was also a playwright and wrote a number of one act and three-act plays. Disappointed with his cold reception by the public in Britain, despite glowing reviews, he wrote very little after the outbreak of the First World War.