Carmen Callil

PB says that one stage she threw away the manuscript of this novel in despair, but her husband rescued it from the bin. She said she felt the absence of models for writing fiction...

EW 's literary career was achieved in face of the indifference or disapproval of her relations, who felt that to publish was to lose caste. In 1923 EW was awarded an Honorary DLitt by Yale University

Rosamond Lehmann recommended EJ 's writing to Carmen Callil for inclusion in the Virago Modern Classics series.

Carmen Callil , editor of Virago Press , approached Adrian House , RL 's editor at Collins , about re-issuing her work: he repelled this suggestion, condemning Virago as fairly pronounced feminists.

The idea was that AW should write the introduction herself. The effort to write it plunged her, said Carmen Callil , in pain so great . . . it twisted her body. Callil wrote...