Jonathan Cape

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Publishing Dorothy Whipple
DW published her first book, the novel Young Anne, with Jonathan Cape after it had been first rejected by Heinemann .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Publishing Naomi Mitchison
NM says this book came out at white heat and, what is more, I wrote all the best bits, the juicy bits, first, all the bits that were most exciting and satisfying to write, like...
Publishing Radclyffe Hall
RH 's landmark lesbian novel, The Well of Loneliness, was published by Jonathan CapeJonathan Cape after having been rejected by several other publishers.
Cline, Sally. Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John. John Murray, 1997.
234-7, 240
Publishing Denise Levertov
She had sent the title poem to Robert Duncan on 26 April 1969.
Duncan, Robert, and Denise Levertov. The Letters of Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov. Editors Bertholf, Robert J. and Albert Gelpi, Stanford University Press, 2004.
631
The book was published by Cape in London the same year. The Newberry Library in Chicago holds a calligraphic manuscript of...
Publishing Dorothy Whipple
She wrote in her diary about taking it to the post office and registering it for a shilling. She also recorded her mixed feelings: At one minute I feel it is quite good enough to...
Publishing Naomi Mitchison
She dedicated this book to My Lover:
Mitchison, Naomi. Cloud Cuckoo Land. Hodder and Stoughton, 1967.
10
she thanks both H. T. Wade Gery and her husband (identified by their initials) for talking through her subject with her. She finished the manuscript at...
Publishing Jean Rhys
Her previous publisher, Jonathan Cape , turned it down for fear of a libel suit from Ford. For the same reason, Chatto and Windus insisted that the title Quartet, which Rhys preferred, be changed...
Publishing Elizabeth Bowen
Jonathan Cape put out a handsome, small-size collected edition of EB 's titles so far.
Bowen, Elizabeth. The Last September. Collected Edition, Jonathan Cape, 1948.
prelims
Publishing Naomi Mitchison
NM originally headed the first part of this in manuscript Reel One. She said later it would make a smashing movie.
Mitchison, Naomi. You May Well Ask: A Memoir 1920-1940. Gollancz, 1979.
162
She sent two chapters, as work in progress, to E. M. Forster...
Publishing Jean Rhys
Her first publisher, Jonathan Cape , turned down the novel as being too depressing, and Hamish Hamilton wanted to cut it extensively. They were probably reacting particularly to her depicting an abortion.Constable finally agreed...
Publishing Radclyffe Hall
RH 's The Well of Loneliness was reissued by Pegasus Press , an English-language press based in Paris, after the Home Secretary suppressed Jonathan CapeJonathan Cape 's first edition.
Cline, Sally. Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John. John Murray, 1997.
247-8
Publishing Elizabeth Bowen
The novel was published by Gollancz , which did well financially out of it. But Victor Gollancz , who had commissioned it, apparently found Bowen intimidating. He did not refer at all to the novel...
Publishing Deborah Levy
DL switched publishers from Jonathan Cape to Bloomsbury for her next novel, Billy and Girl.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.
Publishing Dorothy Whipple
She drafted the first chapter very soon after receiving her six complementary copies of her first novel; the new working title was Marnie.
Whipple, Dorothy. Random Commentary. Michael Joseph, 1966.
13, 15
She complained of lack of inspiration, and made a...
Publishing Naomi Mitchison
Jonathan Cape objected to the words poor bloody tarts
Mitchison, Naomi. You May Well Ask: A Memoir 1920-1940. Gollancz, 1979.
172
in a poem she had written for this volume; she dropped the poem. The book was reprinted in the Travellers' Library in 1931.
Mitchison, Naomi. You May Well Ask: A Memoir 1920-1940. Gollancz, 1979.
171-2

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Texts

Brookner, Anita. Latecomers. Jonathan Cape, 1988.
Brookner, Anita. Lewis Percy. Jonathan Cape, 1989.
Brookner, Anita. Look at Me. Jonathan Cape, 1983.
Brookner, Anita. Providence. Jonathan Cape, 1982.
Brookner, Anita. Visitors. Jonathan Cape, 1997.
Bryher,. West. Jonathan Cape, 1925.
Carrington, Dora et al. Carrington: Letters and Extracts from her Diaries. Jonathan Cape, 1970.
Carrington, Noel et al. “Carrington’s Early Life”. Carrington: Letters and Extracts from her Diaries, Jonathan Cape, 1970, pp. 501-5.
Chapman, Guy Patterson. Beckford. Jonathan Cape, 1937.
Couzyn, Jeni. Monkey’s Wedding. Jonathan Cape, 1972.
Day-Lewis, Cecil, and Lilian Bowes Lyon. “Introduction”. Collected Poems, Jonathan Cape, 1948, pp. 11-16.
Duffy, Maureen. Capital. Jonathan Cape, 1975.
Dunn, Jane. Antonia White: A Life. Jonathan Cape, 1998.
Dunn, Nell, and Adrian Henri. I Want. Jonathan Cape, 1972.
Dunn, Nell. Tear his Head off his Shoulders. Jonathan Cape, 1974.
Dunn, Nell. The Only Child. Jonathan Cape, 1978.
Enright, Anne. Making Babies. Jonathan Cape, 2004.
Enright, Anne. The Forgotten Waltz. Jonathan Cape, 2011.
Enright, Anne. The Gathering. Jonathan Cape, 2007.
Enright, Anne. The Green Road. Jonathan Cape, 2015.
Enright, Anne. The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch. Jonathan Cape, 2002.
Enright, Anne. The Wig My Father Wore. Jonathan Cape, 1995.
Enright, Anne. What Are You Like?. Jonathan Cape, 2000.
Garnett, David et al. “Preface”. Carrington: Letters and Extracts from her Diaries, Jonathan Cape, 1970, pp. 9-13.
H. D.,. Heliodora, and Other Poems. Jonathan Cape, 1924.