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ZF 's second novel, Down: An Explanation, written as an undergraduate and again published through Macmillan , was another brief, first-person coming-of-age story (male viewpoint this time).

Oddly, this work, set partly in London and partly in the Western Highlands of Scotland of her youth, received praise from Macmillan 's reader before its publication for its knowledge of London (where FAS had...

JT 's fiction received mixed reviews during her life. A Mrs Marie Barrett-Lennard of Sevenoaks went to some trouble to locate copies of her books in the late 1920s, when one might have supposed her...

Having just had a manuscript rejected by Macmillan , she felt sure that Down (which she calls deeply influenced by Salinger 's Catcher in the Rye) was accepted because it was about young man, not a woman.

Through parties hosted by her eventual publisher, the Macmillan Company , EW also met Morley Callaghan , who admired her writing. Other writers she knew included John Gray , A. J. M. Smith , Robert Weaver

The two women were friends through the 1930s and their relationship became increasingly intimate after the death of Winifred Holtby on 29 September 1935. Brittain stayed with Jameson and Chapman the night after Holtby died...

George Lillie Craik became (following his marriage to Dinah Mulock and possibly as a result of his connection with her) a partner in the Macmillan publishing firm . The marriage apparently proved happy. The...

EMD completed her last novel, Late and Soon. It was published by Macmillan in April 1943 with a dedication to her friend Kate O'Brien , who looked after her during her last months.

DMC identified strongly as a working woman across established class boundaries. She wrote towards the end of her life to Oscar Wilde , suggesting that he should alter the name of the monthly magazine he...

DL published short fiction and essays throughout her career: in such places as Partisan Review, Ms magazine, Welcome Aboard (British Airways ' inflight magazine), Discovery (Cathay Pacific 's magazine, published in Hong...