Henry Vizetelly
, a publisher associated with progressive thinking of various kinds—he went to prison for publishing translations of Zola
—promoted this novel by emphasis on its being a picture of Jewish life.
qtd. in
Lock, Stephen, and Julia Frankau. “Introduction”. Dr. Phillips, The Keynes Press, 1989, p. v - xii.
vii
Publishing
Margaret Harkness
Her publisher was the notorious firm of Henry Vizetelly
, who was to be jailed the year after this for publishing English translations of Zola
. Vizetelly
arranged for MH
's novel to be translated...
Timeline
1880: Henry Vizetelly founded Vizetelly and Company...
1885: Vizetelly published George Moore's Literature...
Writing climate item
1885
Vizetelly
published George Moore
's Literature at Nurse; or Circulating Morals, followed up Moore's earlier attack on the censorship exercised by circulating libraries.
Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
267
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Texts
Frankau, Julia. Dr. Phillips. Vizetelly, 1887.
Harkness, Margaret. A City Girl. Vizetelly, 1887.
Robinson, F. Mabel. Disenchantment. Vizetelly, 1886.
Robinson, F. Mabel. Irish History for English Readers. Vizetelly, 1886.
Robinson, F. Mabel. Mr. Butler’s Ward. Vizetelly, 1885.
Robinson, F. Mabel. The Plan of Campaign. Vizetelly, 1888, 2 vols.