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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Wealth and Poverty
Sir Walter Scott
SWS
was bankrupted when the collapse of the publishing house
Hurst, Robinson, and Co.
in turn brought down
Constable and Ballantyne
, in which he was a partner.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors.
The Dictionary of National Biography
. Smith, Elder.
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Mid 1820s: Harsh economic conditions caused two-thirds...
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Mid 1820s
Harsh economic conditions caused two-thirds of established British publishing firms to crash: authors were ruined, like
Sir Walter Scott
, by the bankruptcy of
Constable and Ballantyne
in
Edinburgh
.
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