Anderson, Nancy F. Woman against Women in Victorian England. Indiana University Press.
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Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Publishing | George Eliot | This departure from her usual publisher, Blackwood
, was precipitated by a princely offer from George Smith
of the Cornhill of £10,000 (the largest offer ever, although they eventually settled on £7,000 for copyright over... |
Reception | George Eliot | Many friends of GE
including Edith J. Simcox
, plus biographers such as Gordon S. Haight
, believed that readers had reason to be grateful to G. H. Lewes
for his tireless protection of GE |
Publishing | Emily Gerard | Dorothea thought up the plot for this book while she was supposed to be saying her morning prayers at her bedside. The sisters drafted it at a length sufficient to fill four volumes. They had... |
Textual Production | Eliza Lynn Linton | She mentioned to publisher John Blackwood
her certainty that she had faculties that might be utilized to the making of beautiful books. Anderson, Nancy F. Woman against Women in Victorian England. Indiana University Press. 100 |
Publishing | Margaret Oliphant | A family friend, Dr David Macbeth Moir
, introduced MO
to William Blackwood
. Jay, Elisabeth. Mrs Oliphant: "A Fiction to Herself": A Literary Life. Clarendon Press. 13, 247-8 |
Publishing | Margaret Oliphant | At one point John Blackwood
objected that an instalment was too short: Oliphant did not insist on her own preference, but agreed to break the narrative in a different place. Jay, Elisabeth. Mrs Oliphant: "A Fiction to Herself": A Literary Life. Clarendon Press. 274 |
Literary responses | Margaret Oliphant | John Blackwood
reproved MO
for over-using favourite words in this book: he noticed specifically perplexed,troubled,little, and poor. Jay, Elisabeth. Mrs Oliphant: "A Fiction to Herself": A Literary Life. Clarendon Press. 300 |
Literary responses | Margaret Oliphant | John Blackwood
complained of a certain hardness of tone Jay, Elisabeth. Mrs Oliphant: "A Fiction to Herself": A Literary Life. Clarendon Press. 225 |
Literary responses | Margaret Oliphant | John Blackwood
, who knew her work well, once wrote that he considered biography her greatest forte. Jay, Elisabeth. Mrs Oliphant: "A Fiction to Herself": A Literary Life. Clarendon Press. 253 |
Friends, Associates | Lucy Walford | LW
had many friends among literary people and those who moved in literary circles. She discussed the books of her childhood with Reginald Palgrave
, who shared many of her early reading experiences, and Wilkie Collins |
Publishing | Lucy Walford | The successful publication of Mr. Smith initiated a positive working relationship with her publisher John Blackwood
. She found his approach to corrections delicate, and its effect salutary. In Recollections, LW
speaks very... |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Lucy Walford | The volume is the source of most biographical information about Walford. It runs from her early life and ends on a high note in her literary career: her appearance in front of Queen Victoria
... |
Reception | Lucy Walford | LW
's commentary suggest she was superficial in her judgements, anchoring her opinions time and again on appearance. A prominent example comes in her assessment of George Eliot
, with whom she was invited to... |
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