Vargo, Lisa. “<span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>Lodore</span> and the ’Novel of Society’”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
6
, No. 3, pp. 425-40. 426
Richard Bentley
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Standard Name: Bentley, Richard,, 1794 - 1871
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Ellen Wood | The novel had been twice offered to the publishing house of Chapman and Hall
, and was recommended by William Harrison Ainsworth
. After their reader (novelist George Meredith
) twice rejected it, EW
took... |
| Publishing | Mary Shelley | MS
began writing this novel in January 1831 (the year of the First Reform Bill), intending to subtitle it a Tale of the Present Times. Shelley, Mary. “Introduction”. Lodore, edited by Lisa Vargo, Broadview, pp. 9-45. 45 |
| Publishing | Eliza Lynn Linton | She intended this novel to open the eyes of its readers to the oppression of women. Her hopes were very high: I confidently expect a success equal to Jane Eyre. This may sound vain... |
| Publishing | Anne Marsh | Their titles were Sealed Orders, The Previsions of Lady Evelyn, and A Soldier's Fortune. AM
had some trouble negotiating the terms for this publication. She wrote to her son on 28 March,... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Isabel Hill | Her need for money having induced IH
to accept Richard Bentley
's offer to translate Germaine de Staël
's Corinne into English for his series Bentley's Standard Novels, her version appeared in print. The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html. Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper. 185-6 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Literary responses | Ouida | Editorial reader Geraldine Jewsbury
, commissioned by RichardBentley
to report on this novel at its manuscript stage, wrote scathingly (on 29 December 1865) that it was not a story that will do any man... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Frances Eleanor Trollope | After her marriage to Thomas Adolphus Trollope
, FET
was quickly adopted into the Trollope family not only as his wife, but also as a fellow writer. Though she had begun her relationship with Thomas... |
| Friends, Associates | Charles Dickens | As one of the leading literary figures of the period, CD
had an extensive social network. His early acquaintances in publishing included Richard Bentley
, William Harrison Ainsworth
, and John Forster
(who later became... |
| Friends, Associates | Ellen Wood | Probably as early as 1862, the publisher Richard Bentley
asked EW
for her critical opinion of the work of Mary Elizabeth Braddon
. She replied with a balanced, judicious, and respectful assessment. Sussex, Lucy. “Mrs Henry Wood and her Memorials”. Women’s Writing, Vol. 15 , No. 2, pp. 157-68. 159 |
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