Addison Wesley Longman

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Wealth and Poverty Jane Loudon
In a painful interview with William Longman , head of the publishing firm , JL learned that sales of her husband 's books had plummeted in the six years or so since his death, and...
Wealth and Poverty Edith Somerville
The death of Edith's brother Cameron (who had a pension) in 1942 had produced a crisis of indecision over the future of the house. Edith's income was reduced when Longman 's lost a great deal...
Wealth and Poverty Thomas Moore
TM was well paid for his literary efforts. He gained £500 a year for Irish Melodies and £3,000 from Longmans for Lalla Rookh. Despite healthy payments from publishers, his fashionable life ensured that he...
Textual Production Stella Gibbons
SG published two further volumes of poems, The Priestess (1934) and The Lowland Venus (1938). Her Collected Poems were published by Longmans in 1950.
Oliver, Reggie. Out of the Woodshed: A Portrait of Stella Gibbons. Bloomsbury.
262
Textual Production Amelia Opie
AO published with Longman and Rees a volume of Poems, bearing her name.
Mudge, Bradford Keyes, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 116. Gale Research.
230
Opie, Amelia. “Introduction”. Adeline Mowbray, edited by Shelley King and John B. Pierce, Oxford University Press, p. i - xxix.
xxxviii
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall.
2nd ser. 36 (1802): 413
Opie, Amelia. The Collected Poems of Amelia Alderson Opie. Editors King, Shelley and John B. Pierce, Oxford University Press.
496
Textual Production Georgette Heyer
Death in the Stocks, a detective novel by GH (with help from her husband ), was published by Longman .
Hodge, Jane Aiken. The Private World of Georgette Heyer. Bodley Head.
43, 209
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
191
Textual Production Jane Porter
It was published by Longman in three volumes.
Porter, Jane. Duke Christian of Luneburg. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, http://U of A, Special Collections.
title-page
The king was said to have suggested the topic.
Porter, Jane. Duke Christian of Luneburg. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, http://U of A, Special Collections.
1: v-viii
It seems, therefore, that JP , in turning to the House of Brunswick for a...
Textual Production Lady Charlotte Bury
She was probably planning this work when in 1810 she told Charlotte Clavering that Susan Ferrier 's novels made her despair of ever writing as well.
Mudge, Bradford Keyes, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 116. Gale Research.
63
It seems to have been out by 20...
Textual Production Jane West
JW published with LongmanThe Mother: A Poem, in Five Books; a second edition followed the next year.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall.
3d ser. 16 (1809): 224
Textual Production Beatrix Potter
Today the once gentleman-like, personal, and family publishing firm of Frederick Warne has become the property of an international conglomerate, Pearson , which owns Penguin , Longman , Ladybird , tv and software development companies...
Textual Production Anna Maria Mackenzie
AMM titled her intentionally final novel The Irish Guardian, or Errors of Eccentricity, and published it through Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme .
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press.
2: 302
Textual Production Amelia Opie
She published it with Longman , bearing her name. It was one of several tributes to this statesman, who died aged thirty-six and, as AO put it, distinguished by a nation's praise.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall.
2nd ser. 36 (1802): 476
Textual Production Barbara Hofland
Longman published BH 's Beatrice, a Tale Founded on Facts, in an edition of 500 copies, with Shakespeare quotations on its title-page.
Butts, Dennis. Mistress of our Tears, A Literary and Bibliographical Study of Barbara Hofland. Scolar Press.
83
Textual Production Rachel Hunter
RH published with her name, through Longman , her first novel, Letitia; or, The Castle Without a Spectre.
Hunter, Rachel. Letitia; or, The Castle Without a Spectre. W. Robberds.
title-page
Textual Production Jane Marcet
An anonymous Conversations on the Evidences of Christianity, published in one volume by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green , is usually ascribed to JM , but also to Barbara Hofland 's son Frederick Parkin Hoole

Timeline

4 August 1724: The first Thomas Longman bought for £2,282.9s.6d...

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4 August 1724

The first Thomas Longman bought for £2,282.9s.6d a house in Paternoster Row (later numbered 39, already identified by the Sign of the Ship) and the bookselling and publishing business based there, whose owner, William Taylor

1752: Thomas Longman (1730-97) completed his apprenticeship...

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1752

Thomas Longman (1730-97) completed his apprenticeship and became a partner in the London publishing firm of his uncle Thomas Longman the elder (1699-1755).

1856: Margaret Agnes Colvile, future wife of publisher...

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1856

Margaret Agnes Colvile , future wife of publisher Charles Kegan Paul , published her first two novels: Dorothy: A Tale and DeCressy.

1870: Browne and Nolan publishing firm was founded...

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1870

Browne and Nolan publishing firm was founded in Dublin by John Browne and William Nolan .

29 December 1940: St Paul's Cathedral in London survived an...

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29 December 1940

St Paul's Cathedral in London survived an air raid that destroyed almost all the buildings around it; a photograph of the dome standing amidst flames and billowing smoke became an emblem of the courage of...

1994 : Longman the publisher, which since 1968 had...

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1994

Longman the publisher, which since 1968 had been part of the multi-product Pearson conglomerate, ceased to exist as an independent business.
Briggs, Asa. A History of Longmans and Their Books 1724 - 1990. Longevity in Publishing. British Library and Oak Knoll Press.
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