Harriet Martineau
was amazed when AM
first read her one of these tales, The Admiral's Daughter, and felt that their hostess later that evening (Sarah Wedgwood
) must have been almost equally amazed...
Occupation
George Meredith
GM
worked as a journalist for the Ipswich Journal, the Pall Mall Gazette, and the Morning Post (where he was editor from 1867 to 1868). He served as literary critic for the Westminister...
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...
Publishing
Harriet Martineau
Saunders and Otley
gave her £900 for the copyright of the first edition, on the express understanding that they would not interfere with the contents.
Before this book appeared, Morgan quarrelled with Colburn
over his advertising policy, and sold her manuscript to Saunders and Otley
for a thousand pounds. In revenge, Colburn advertised against it, and offered to dispose of...
Publishing
Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan
Following her well-publicised battles first with Colburn
and then with Saunders and Otley
, Morgan got Thomas Moore
to sound out John Murray
about taking her on. She had a plan to follow her Life...
Publishing
Caroline Norton
She had paid for her European holiday in the year before publication with the £300 that publishers Saunders and Otley
paid her for this book.
Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
98
Publishing
Frances Trollope
Both this and another of her novels, Charles Chesterfield; or, The Adventures of a Youth of Genius, were serialized between July 1840 and December 1841, the former with New Monthly Magazine and the latter...
Textual Features
Harriet Martineau
HM
set out in this book to judge American society, in its spirit and methods, by the American tests,—the Declaration of Independence, and the constitutions based upon its principles. It had become a practice so...
Textual Features
Mary Russell Mitford
Her introduction describes the circumstances of her plays' composition, and her experiences in getting them staged.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
To work already performed and published this collection added Gaston de Blondeville and Otto of Wittelsbach.
Mitford, Mary Russell. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself in Letters To Her Friends. Editor L’Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingham, Harper and Brothers, 1870, 2 vols.
2: 82, 110
Textual Production
Harriet Martineau
HM
's three-volume Retrospect of Western Travel, another book about the USA, was published by Saunders and Otley
.
Rivlin, Joseph B. Harriet Martineau: A Bibliography of Her Separately Printed Books. New York Public Library, 1947.
128
Textual Production
Mary Russell Mitford
As early as 1824 MRM
was asking the advice of friends as to whether they thought she could be a novelist.
Mitford, Mary Russell. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself in Letters To Her Friends. Editor L’Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingham, Harper and Brothers, 1870, 2 vols.
2: 29
She added one of her frequent disclaimers: I write merely for remuneration...
Textual Production
Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan
SOLM
broke new ground with two volumes of closet dramas: Dramatic Scenes from Real Life, published by Saunders and Otley
.
Campbell's biography wrongly gives the title as Dramatic Sketches . . . .
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
217
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.