The first version was rejected by Harper and Row
with the comment: A book can stand one or even two neurotics, but not three who are the main characters.
Highsmith, Patricia. Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction. St Martin’s Press.
128
After writing and publishing an...
Textual Production
Patricia Highsmith
It was published in the UK in February of that year by Heinemann
, and was dedicated to Lil Picard
.
Wilson, Andrew Norman. Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith. Bloomsbury.
The British National Bibliography. Council of the British National Bibliography; British Library, Bibliographic Services Division.
Textual Production
Patricia Highsmith
The book was published in New York by Doubleday
(as a straightforward non-genre novel rather than a crime thriller) and later the same year in the UK by Heinemann
. PH
had to struggle to...
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Patricia Highsmith
PH
dedicated this book to her biological father, at a time when she was on the worst of terms with her mother, and receiving a stream of destructive letters from her. Heinemann
published it in...
Other editions followed that same year, including one in the UK from Heinemann
and a translation from Diogenes
in Zurich. There was controversy over this publication. Heinemann
had increased PH
's advance by nearly...
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Patricia Highsmith
PH
was first published in London when Heinemann
issued Deep Water: A Novel of Suspense (already published by Harper and Row
in New York in 1957 as Deep Water).
PH
published (after a long struggle) her novel The Two Faces of January with Heinemann
, and later that same year it became the first of her books to be published by Doubleday
in New York.
Highsmith, Patricia. Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction. St Martin’s Press.
The British National Bibliography. Council of the British National Bibliography; British Library, Bibliographic Services Division.
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.
Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research.
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Georgette Heyer
GH
published with Heinemann
one of her most popular historical romances, These Old Shades.
Haas, Lidija. “Wholly Allergic”. London Review of Books, Vol.
34
, No. 16, pp. 29-30.
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Hodge, Jane Aiken. The Private World of Georgette Heyer. Bodley Head.
25, 209
Employer
Georgette Heyer
In the same year that she lost the legal battle over her taxes, GH
began working as a reader for Heinemann
, her own publisher. For this she earned only two guineas per book, but...
Publishing
Georgette Heyer
She had begun the story in order to amuse her sick brother Boris. Her father encouraged her to prepare her work for publication, and she dedicated the book to him by his initials. She sent...
Publishing
Georgette Heyer
GH
published at least one book a year in England between 1921 and 1960, sometimes more. Her publication history in the United States is more sporadic because she did not have an established American publisher...
Publishing
Georgette Heyer
Pressed for money, GH
sold three of her most valuable copyrights (this book, These Old Shades, and Devil's Cub) to Heinemann
for a total of only £750.
Haas, Lidija. “Wholly Allergic”. London Review of Books, Vol.
34
, No. 16, pp. 29-30.
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Georgette Heyer
Heinemann
printed 110,000 copies; Foyles Book Club
came out with an edition of 172,500. Putnam
of New York bought the US rights to the novel.
Hodge, Jane Aiken. The Private World of Georgette Heyer. Bodley Head.
66
(GH
disparaged their enthusiasm as typically American.)
Haas, Lidija. “Wholly Allergic”. London Review of Books, Vol.
34
, No. 16, pp. 29-30.
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Texts
O’Brien, Kate. Pray for the Wanderer. Heinemann, 1938.
