EM
used her own birth-name, Evelyn May Clowes, for her first travel book, On the Wallaby through Victoria, published in London through Heinemann
, with illustrations.
OM
completed her Balkan Trilogy with Friends and Heroes, which she dedicated to Dwye Evans
, managing director of Heinemann
, and his wife Daphne
.
British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1874–1987.
1970
Braybrooke, Neville, and Isobel English. Olivia Manning: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 2004.
182
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Publishing
Olivia Manning
This novel was published by Heinemann
, with whom OM
was to stay until 1974, although she had already begun to complain of their undervaluing her and failing to sell her books.
Braybrooke, Neville, and Isobel English. Olivia Manning: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 2004.
159
Reception
Olivia Manning
The first series was praised by critics but was less than successful in terms of sales. OMbegan to feel that she was neglected as a serious novelist, a view shared by some contemporary writers...
Publishing
Olivia Manning
This, at three years, was her longest novel in the writing. With it she moved from Heinemann
to Weidenfeld
, but she remained uncertain whether the shift had been a good thing.
Braybrooke, Neville, and Isobel English. Olivia Manning: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 2004.
215, 162
Textual Production
Sarah Macnaughtan
A year after The Gift, SM
published A Lame Dog's Diary through W. Heinemann
. This enjoyed far more popularity than her previous novels.
It was published by W. Heinemann
, with a reissue by John Murray
in the same year. Cheap, popular editions were issued by T. Nelson and Sons
in 1909, 1910, and 1930.
The year after her divorce, SM
broke a twelve-year silence by publishing with Heinemann
her first short-story collection, Babies in Rhinestones, and Other Stories.
Hamilton, Ian, 1938 - 2001. “Bohemian Rhapsodist”. The Guardian, 10 July 1999, pp. Saturday Review 6 - 7.
6
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Textual Production
Shena Mackay
SM
published with Heinemann
the second of her later novels: Redhill Rococo.
Whitaker’s Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1988–2003.
(1988)
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Textual Production
Shena Mackay
SM
published with Heinemann
another novel, The Orchard on Fire, which appears to embody an autobiographical element.
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Textual Production
Shena Mackay
SM
published with HeinemannDreams of Dead Women's Handbags, her second short-story collection.
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Publishing
Shena Mackay
Heinemann
now became her regular publisher for several years.
Publishing
Constance Lytton
She wrote this book slowly and laboriously with her left hand, her right hand having been disabled by a stroke.
Balfour, Elizabeth Edith, Countess of, and Constance Lytton. “Preface, Introduction”. Letters of Constance Lytton, edited by Elizabeth Edith, Countess of Balfour and Elizabeth Edith, Countess of Balfour, Heinemann, 1925, p. v, xi - xv.
xii
It appeared with two authors' names, like a collaboration between CL
and Jane Warton...
Textual Production
Marie Belloc Lowndes
MBL
published with Heinemann
a novel entitled The Heart of Penelope (which she later remembered as her first novel, though it was actually her second).
