Richard Phillips

Sydney Owenson formed a lasting friendship with the poet Mary Tighe . In connection with the publishing of her second novel, she met the London publisher Richard Phillips and others in his circle, including William Godwin

These are presumably the poems for which Phillips on 29 September 1806 offered her a hundred pounds (but not without seeing them first), plus twenty-five each for a hypothetical second and third edition.

In manuscript this novel, planned in the same early period as St. Clair, extended to six volumes, transcribed for its author by a young admirer, Francis Crossley . She later said that...

She wrote it in summer 1805 as a guest at Longford House near Sligo. In a preface written for a later edition she said that at the time it appeared it was dangerous...

The Critical thought this probably inspired by recent books of travels to Greece. In fact the archaeologist William Gell had suggested that Owenson should write about the Greek quest for...

An application to the Royal Literary Fund was secretly made on SW 's behalf by a relation of Elizabeth Heyrick (perhaps her mother) and the publisher Richard Phillips ; they got her a grant of...

It has not been traced. Edgeworth also reported: My father is afraid, though she has considerable talents, to recommend her to Johnson , lest she should not answer. The Edgeworths were apparently not prepared to...