Victor Gollancz

Standard Name: Gollancz, Victor

Connections

Connections Author name Sort descending Excerpt
politics Valentine Ackland
With Warner, Ackland was a member of publisher Victor Gollancz 's Left Book Club . Her connection with the Left Review brought her into contact with intellectuals such as Edgell Rickword and his wife Johnnie
Publishing Theodora Benson
As Elizabeth Jenkins told it, this began as an idea for a reportage novel illuminating the secrets of some particular métier. Jenkins hoped for something of morbid decadence reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe , but...
Intertextuality and Influence Phyllis Bentley
PB published a second novel this year (and her fourth in all), entitled The Partnership; she was encouraged to write it by Victor Gollancz .
Johnson, George M., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 191. Gale Research.
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Bentley, Phyllis. "O Dreams, O Destinations". Gollancz.
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Publishing Phyllis Bentley
PB was delighted when The Spinner of the Years was accepted, as her previous novel-length composition, Hudley Pride, had been rejected by no fewer than sixteen publishers. Ernest Benn 's then managing director, Victor Gollancz
Publishing Elizabeth Bowen
The novel was published by Gollancz , which did well financially out of it. But Victor Gollancz , who had commissioned it, apparently found Bowen intimidating. He did not refer at all to the novel...
Textual Production Vera Brittain
She cancelled her original contract with Macmillan out of concern that her pacifist and socialist convictions might prove problematic for this publisher. Testament of Experience was published with Victor Gollancz , himself a pacifist.
Textual Production Ivy Compton-Burnett
ICB 's novel Daughters and Sons came out, her first book to be published by Victor GollanczVictor Gollancz .
Spurling, Hilary. Secrets of a Woman’s Heart. Hodder and Stoughton.
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Publishing Ivy Compton-Burnett
Rose Macaulay had brought ICB to Gollancz's notice. He was known for unconventional and forceful advertising. He sold Daughters and Sons to the US publisher W. W. Norton , though it was far outside their...
Publishing Ivy Compton-Burnett
In the early 1960s ICB had a disastrous lunch with her publisher, Victor Gollancz . (It was only the second time she had met him in person.) She asked him to put out a collected...
Publishing Daphne Du Maurier
The death of Victor Gollancz , DDM 's publisher for more than thirty years, made a great change in her career, though she continued her association with his publishing house.
Forster, Margaret. Daphne du Maurier. Chatto and Windus.
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Publishing Daphne Du Maurier
DDM left Heinemann to publish this book with Victor Gollancz (a successful upstart seeking to promote best-selling works, and in time a leading and respected left-wing publisher). Her agent, Curtis Brown , urged her to...
Publishing Daphne Du Maurier
This was DDM 's third work for Victor Gollancz , fulfilling her first contract with him.
Forster, Margaret. Daphne du Maurier. Chatto and Windus.
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Reception Daphne Du Maurier
The success of the movie (Academy Award for Best Picture) made DDM one of the most sought-after writers of her day and solidified her connection with Hollywood, although she hated the film.She wrote to her...
Publishing Daphne Du Maurier
She decided to publish this collection with her original publisher, Heinemann , much to Victor Gollancz 's dismay.
Textual Production Daphne Du Maurier
The play opened in Oxford and moved to London where it ran until August 1949. At first DDM referred to Lawrence as that silly bitch Gertie,
Forster, Margaret. Daphne du Maurier. Chatto and Windus.
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but she quickly became very fond and protective...

Timeline

1927: Victor Gollancz established his own publishing...

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1927

Victor Gollancz established his own publishing house at 14 Henrietta Street, London.

5 September 1935: Michael Joseph Limited was registered under...

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5 September 1935

Michael Joseph Limited was registered under the directorship of Joseph , Norman Collins , and Victor Gollancz , who also provided space at his publishing house at 14 Henrietta Street, London.

February 1936: The awesome trio of political theorist Harold...

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February 1936

The awesome trio
Laity, Paul. “The left’s ace of clubs”. Guardian Unlimited.
of political theorist Harold Laski , publisher Victor Gollancz , and writer and Labour MP John Strachey established the Left Book Club (LBC) .

17 February 1958: CND, or the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,...

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17 February 1958

CND, or the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament , was founded at a public meeting in London; it held its first march that spring, at the Easter weekend.

8 February 1967: Victor Gollancz died, and his publishing...

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8 February 1967

Victor Gollancz died, and his publishing firm was taken over by his daughter Livia .

Texts

Royden, Maude. “Modern Love”. The Making of Women: Oxford Essays in Feminism, edited by Victor Gollancz, George Allen and Unwin, 1917, pp. 36-63.
Royden, Maude. “The Woman’s Movement of the Future”. The Making of Women: Oxford Essays in Feminism, edited by Victor Gollancz, George Allen and Unwin, 1917, pp. 128-46.