Victor Gollancz

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

Miss Cartwright , EJ 's headmistress when she was eight, wrote to congratulate her but implicitly to warn her against writing for self-glorification. Reviews in general were excellent, as indicated by snippets quoted...

BM was understandably devastated by the rejection of Gollancz . She had told a friend it would be not only her best novel to date but one of her publisher's best ever too.

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...

The book was attacked on its appearance as anti-Christian, in an open letter to the press, signed by most of the Establishment including both English archbishops and the headmasters of Eton and Harrow . NM

NM approached Victor Gollancz as an alternative to Cape; he seriously admired the book but declined it for fear of offending many of my best friends and damaging his effectiveness as a publisher of...

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.

ICB 's novel Daughters and Sons came out, her first book to be published by Victor GollanczVictor Gollancz .

A selection from NM 's million-word war-time diary, edited by Dorothy Sheridan, was published by Victor Gollancz as Among You Taking Notes . . . The Wartime Diary of Naomi Mitchison 1939-1945.

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, but she quickly became very fond and protective...

NJ issued a bildungsroman, That Wild Lie—, in which Emmanuel Gollantz emigrates from Vienna and makes good in Victorian London. On his family firm she then centred a hugely successful series or saga...