DDM
left Heinemann
to publish this book with Victor Gollancz
(a successful upstart seeking to promote best-selling works, and in time a leading and respected left-wing publisher). Her agent, Curtis Brown
, urged her to...
Publishing
Elizabeth Robins
The book was rejected by several publishers before Heinemann
took it on.
John, Angela V. Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life, 1862-1952. Routledge, 1995.
232
One of those who rejected it in an earlier form was the Hogarth Press
, probably because it turned out too long...
Publishing
Margaret Kennedy
The publication of her seventh novel marked her move from Heinemann
to Cassell
. Virago
reissued this novel as part of its Modern Classics series in 1981 with an introduction by Kennedy's author-daughter, Julia Birley
Publishing
Sarah Grand
In 1933SG
's admiring friend Gladys Singers-Bigger
privately published at Bath, undated, for the benefit of The Mayoress Fresh Air Fund, a booklet of quotations from SG
's writings entitled The Breath of...
Publishing
Olivia Manning
This novel was published by Heinemann
, with whom OM
was to stay until 1974, although she had already begun to complain of their undervaluing her and failing to sell her books.
Braybrooke, Neville, and Isobel English. Olivia Manning: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 2004.
159
Publishing
Enid Bagnold
She was fired for openly criticizing the nurses' lack of compassion.
Friedman, Lenemaja. Enid Bagnold. Twayne, 1986.
8
The 15,000 copies printed by Heinemann
, her publisher, sold well.
Sebba, Anne. Enid Bagnold: The Authorized Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986.
62-3
The book was reissued by Virago Press
in Septmber 1978.
British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1874–1987.
1979
Publishing
Agatha Christie
She had sent the manuscript to Collins
, who discouragingly judged that the central character was undesirable.
qtd. in
Morgan, Janet. Agatha Christie: A Biography. Collins, 1984, http://Rutherford HSS.
263
She then asked her literary agent, Edmund Cork
, to search for another publisher. Heinemann
signed...
Publishing
Catharine Amy Dawson Scott
CADS
was bitterly disappointed when both Heinemann
and John Murray
rejected her Elizabethan novel, Ulalia; it remained unpublished, but she always considered it one of her best works.
Watts, Marjorie, and Frances King. Mrs. Sappho. Duckworth, 1987.
45
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
240
Publishing
Daphne Du Maurier
She decided to publish this collection with her original publisher, Heinemann
, much to Victor Gollancz
's dismay.
Publishing
Laura Riding
With Robert Graves
, LR
published in LondonA Survey of Modernist Poetry, written at Vienna the previous winter. It was issued through the commercial publishers: Heinemann
and, next year in New York, Doubleday
.
Friedmann, Elizabeth. A Mannered Grace. Persea Books, 2005.
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.
Publishing
Mary Lavin
The London edition followed from Michael Joseph
the next year, with a Reader's Union
edition two years after that. There are several modern editions. A Town House
paperback of 1996 has a new introduction by...
Publishing
John Galsworthy
Publishers William Heinemann
predicted a large demand for the novel: its initial press run was 45,000 copies.
Marrot, Harold Vincent. A Bibliography of the Works of John Galsworthy. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1928.
44-5
The following year, the second Forsyte trilogy was re-issued in an omnibus volume entitled A Modern Comedy.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
34
Publishing
Enid Bagnold
In 1970, The Last Joke and Call Me Jacky were published by Heinemann
in London and Little, Brown
in Boston. They were grouped with two of EB
's more popular works, The Chalk Garden...
Publishing
Patricia Highsmith
PH
's crime novel without a murder appeared first as The Story-Teller in New York (for Doubleday
's Crime Club) and later in the UK for Heinemann
as A Suspension of Mercy.
Wilson, Andrew Norman. Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith. Bloomsbury, 2003.
Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research, 1981–2024, Numerous volumes.
62
Publishing
Storm Jameson
SJ
planned to publish The Lovely Ship with Constable
. However, when Michael Sadleir
requested revisions and offered only a two-hundred-pound advance, she moved to Heinemann
, which gave her a four-hundred-pound advance and published...
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Texts
Manning, Olivia. The Great Fortune. Heinemann, 1960.
Manning, Olivia. The Play Room. Heinemann, 1969.
Manning, Olivia. The Rain Forest. Heinemann, 1974.
Manning, Olivia. The Remarkable Expedition. Heinemann, 1947.
Manning, Olivia. The Spoilt City. Heinemann, 1962.
Manton, Jo. Mary Carpenter and the Children of the Streets. Heinemann, 1976.
Manvell, Roger. Ellen Terry. Heinemann, 1968.
Manvell, Roger. Sarah Siddons: Portrait of an Actress. Heinemann, 1970.
McCarthy, Mary. The Groves of Academe. Heinemann, 1953.