Minerva Press, 1790 - 1821

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Theme or Topic Treated in Text Jane Taylor
In this highly satirical treatment of the fashionable novel of the day, the woman-writer-protagonist's publisher Mr Newman (clearly a hit at A. K. Newman of the Minerva Press ) repeatedly reads her works aloud and...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Emma Parker
It opens with a brief eulogy of military commander John Moore , then moves to soldiers in the story landing at Portsmouth on their return from the Peninsular War. Many are badly wounded; one, a...
Textual Production Helen Craik
Again her publisher was the Minerva Press . A Dublin edition appeared during the same year.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press.
2: 113
Textual Production Caroline Scott
CS published her first, anonymous novel, A Marriage in High Life, which was billed as edited by the authoress of Flirtation—meaning Scott's cousin the successful novelist Lady Charlotte Bury .
It was a...
Textual Production Anna Maria Mackenzie
AMM published with her name as Mackenzie and mention of earlier works, through the Minerva Press , a historical novel entitled Martin and Mansfeldt, or The Romance of Franconia.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press.
2: 155
Textual Production Elizabeth Bonhote
EB published her next novel, Ellen Woodley, again with William Lane and in the first year of the Minerva Press . It bore her name and previous titles, but had no preface.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall.
69 (1790): 592
McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta.
4
Textual Production Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
Henrietta Rouviere 's first novel, Lussington Abbey, in two volumes, appeared under her birth name through the Minerva Press .
McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta.
Textual Production Mary Charlton
MC published, anonymously, her first, two-volume novel with the Minerva Press , a work à clef entitled The Parisian; or, Genuine Anecdotes of Distinguished and Noble Characters.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Textual Production Barbara Hofland
BH published, with the Minerva Press , a four-volume novel, A Father as He Should Be, dedicated to Princess Elizabeth (one of the daughters of George III).
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall.
5th ser. 1 (1815): 84
Butts, Dennis. Mistress of our Tears, A Literary and Bibliographical Study of Barbara Hofland. Scolar Press.
66
Textual Production Barbara Hofland
BH published, with A. K. Newman (successor to the Minerva Press ) The Young Crusoe; or, The Shipwrecked Boy, dated 1829 on its title-page.
Butts, Dennis. Mistress of our Tears, A Literary and Bibliographical Study of Barbara Hofland. Scolar Press.
82
Textual Production Helen Craik
This appeared in four volumes from the Minerva Press . Its title seems to be the root source of scholarly confusion of HC with Catherine Cuthbertson . HC was clearly familiar with Helen Maria Williams
Textual Production Sarah Green
An anonymous novel appeared entitled Charles Henley; or, The Fugitive Restored. Ascribed to SG in a Minerva Press catalogue of 1814, it is more likely to be by Mary O'Brien . No copy is...
Textual Production Elizabeth Bonhote
EB published with Minerva her last novel, Bungay Castle, in two volumes; it had been delayed in the printing, and the title-page says 1796.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press.
1: 707-8
Textual Production Mary Charlton
MC published with the Minerva Press her second book and first big success: Andronica; or, The Fugitive Bride, A Novel.
McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta.
260
Textual Production Mary Charlton
MC published an anonymous novel, Ammorvin and Zallida, again with the Minerva Press .
McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta.
267

Timeline

By 1784: William Lane, who had been active in the...

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By 1784

William Lane , who had been active in the London book trade since 1763, was soliciting novels to publish.
McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta.
3

1790: William Lane's publishing firm first took...

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1790

William Lane 's publishing firm first took the name Minerva Press , in the same year that his Minerva Circulating Library (linked with his publishing activities) issued its first catalogue. This listed more than 10,000 titles.

By June 1797: The unidentified Mrs Carver published one...

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By June 1797

The unidentified Mrs Carver published one of her two novels this year with the Minerva Press : Elizabeth. The other is the distinctly gruesome The Horrors of Oakendale Abbey.

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