She wrote this while living in John Chapman
's house in London and reading Egyptology in the British Museum
. She paid fifty pounds to secure its publication.
Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
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Publishing
Eliza Lynn Linton
She intended this novel to open the eyes of its readers to the oppression of women. Her hopes were very high: I confidently expect a success equal to Jane Eyre. This may sound vain...
Literary responses
Eliza Lynn Linton
Athenæum reviewer H. F. Chorley
felt that the author was now raving like a pagan Pythoness—the female oracle whose pronouncements were not expected to be comprehensible: There is a positive untruth to the very...
Publishing
Harriet Martineau
When Edward Lombe
, a wealthy follower of Comte, learned of the project, he sent HM
£500. From this she paid for the printing expenses and took £200 for her own payment. She also arranged...
Publishing
Harriet Martineau
In 1855 HM
's pamphlet entitled The Factory Controversy, A Warning Against Meddling Legislation, was issued by the National Association of Factory Occupiers
(based in Manchester, where it was published). She had initially...