Richard Bentley and Son

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Publishing Jessie Fothergill
Like Healey, this novel was sold outright to Henry S. King ; it was reprinted by Bentley in 1891 and by Macmillan in 1899.
qtd. in
Crisp, Jane. Jessie Fothergill, 1851-1891: A Bibliography. Department of English, University of Queensland, 1980, p. 27 pp.
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Publishing Charlotte Riddell
She dedicated this novel to a friend named Mrs Skirrow.
Ellis, Stewart Marsh. Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu, and Others. Books for Libraries Press, 1931.
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Bentley , who published it, and soon became her regular publisher, was said to pay her up to four hundred pounds per novel.
Publishing Georgiana Chatterton
She had signed the agreement with her publisher, Richard Bentley , on 4 December 1861.
“The Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton”. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
She says that she set out here rather to give the value of the words than their scholastic or critically...
Publishing Jessie Fothergill
The copyright of the novel initially sold for £40 on 26 March 1877. Two months later, Richard Bentley and Son recognized its commercial possibilities and drew up a new contract, increasing the price to £200...
Publishing Frances Mary Peard
FMP 's novel Donna Teresa (submitted first to Bentley with an enquiry about terms) was brought out by Macmillan after the latter took over the former.
“Frances Mary Peard, 1835-1922”. Cornell University Library: Women in the Literary Marketplace, 1800-1900: Getting into Print.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Publishing Rhoda Broughton
RB 's novel Nancy was published by Bentley . It was not serialised: she stipulated that it should appear in three-volume form only, and by now her publisher was willing to act on her wishes.
Sadleir, Michael. Things Past. Constable, 1944.
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Publishing Maria Jane Jewsbury
Henry Austen , the source of many of MJJ 's opinions about his sister , recycled parts of this piece for Bentley 's new edition of Austen 's novels in 1833. (He omitted MJJ 's...
Publishing Georgiana Chatterton
Its working title had been The O'Neills. GC sold the copyright to Richard Bentley on 14 August 1863 for a hundred and fifity pounds.
“The Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton”. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Publishing Jessie Fothergill
Two of JF 's shorter tales, Made or Marred and One of Three, were published in 1881 by Bentley , each as a single volume. They appeared in the United States in the...
Publishing Frances Mary Peard
When she made her enquiry of Bentley, FMP felt that she had supplied this novel with a tidy name (the one under which it finally appeared) or even two to choose from.
qtd. in
“Frances Mary Peard, 1835-1922”. Cornell University Library: Women in the Literary Marketplace, 1800-1900: Getting into Print.
(She had had...
Publishing Rhoda Broughton
RB 's quasi-autobiographical novel A Beginner was published by Bentley ; its serialization in Temple Bar appeared from January to June the same year.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Wood, Marilyn. Rhoda Broughton: Profile of a Novelist. Paul Watkins, 1993.
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Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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Publishing Julia Kavanagh
Bentley paid her £48 for the copyright. New editions followed in 1857 and 1884.
Fauset, Eileen. The Politics of Writing: Julia Kavanagh, 1824-77. Manchester University Press, 2009.
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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 Cholmondeley
Her publisher, Bentley , had received the manuscript from MC 's friend Rhoda Broughton . Bentley paid MC £40 for The Danvers Jewels and £50 for its sequel, Sir Charles Danvers (also published by Bentley...
Publishing Jessie Fothergill
While the first two of these novels were published by Bentley in three volumes, The Lasses of Leverhouse appeared in one-volume form from Hurst and Blackett . This domestic story was first seen in the...
Publishing Rhoda Broughton
RB 's novel Dear Faustina was published in a single volume by Bentley , following its serialisation in Temple Bar.
Murphy, Patricia. “Disdained and Disempowered: The "Inverted" New Woman in Rhoda Broughtons Dear Faustina”. Tulsa Studies in Womens Literature, Vol.
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, No. 1, 2000, pp. 57-79.
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Mathers, Helen. Comin’ Thro’ The Rye. Fourth Edition, Richard Bentley and Son, 1876, 3 vols.
Mathers, Helen. Eyre’s Acquittal. Richard Bentley and Son, 1884, 3 vols.
Mathers, Helen. Sam’s Sweetheart. Richard Bentley and Son, 1884.
Somerville, Edith, and Martin Ross. An Irish Cousin. Richard Bentley and Son, 1889, 2 vols.
Tindal, Henrietta Euphemia. Rhymes and Legends. Richard Bentley and Son, 1879.
Wilde, Jane Francesca, Lady. Driftwood from Scandinavia. Richard Bentley and Son, 1884.