Fuller, Henry Blake (1857-1929)

US writer (under the pen-name Stanton Page). Influenced by the contrast between European and American cultures, he wrote both romantic novels, such as The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani (1890), and realistic works like The Cliff-Dwellers: A Novel (1893), a scathing commentary on Chicago's apartment-dwelling social climbers. He also wrote satiric verses attacking President McKinley, a travelogue, Gardens of This World (1929), and plays. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was educated at local Chicago schools before beginning his travels in Europe. After his father's death in 1885, he returned to Chicago, where he did much of his writing.