All or almost all of ES
's fiction is set in Bengal. In 1920 her publishers, Hurst and Blackett
, advertised her 6 Famous Indian Novels at two shillings each.
Reception
Dinah Mulock Craik
John Halifax was in such demand that DMC
's publishers, Hurst and Blackett
, went through four sets of plates by 1858, and many other publishers put out editions on both sides of the Atlantic...
Publishing
Edna Lyall
Charles Bradlaugh
himself tutored EL
on the subject of secularism for this novel, which was at first to be called Erica. She had nearly finished writing it by the end of 1882, but during...
Publishing
May Crommelin
She wrote it secretly, basing it on her experience of social life in County Down and in Dublin. On a visit to an uncle and aunt in London she persuaded the uncle to take...
Publishing
Edna Lyall
Her general practice was to suggest half a dozen titles and let her publisher choose. With this book she reverted to a three-volume format and to Hurst and Blackett
.
Payne, George A. "Edna Lyall:" an Appreciation. John Heywood.
In spring 1920 demand remained high enough for the publishers Hurst and Blackett
to advertise a long list of EL
's titles at two shillings each.
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
Eliza Meteyard
She had formed the intention to write it in 1850, and was later helped by the loan of a huge haul of manuscripts.
Woodring, Carl Ray. Victorian Samplers: William and Mary Howitt. University of Kansas Press.
Though the London editions bore the date of 1868, Hurst and Blackett
advertised the book as [r]eady at all the libraries on 28 December 1867.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(28 December 1867): 11
Old Sir Douglas was also serialised...
Publishing
Iza Duffus Hardy
IDH
's novel A Broken Faith was ready at all the Libraries, as its publishers, Hurst and Blackett
, announced in the classified columns of the Times; the advertisement mentioned her earlier titles.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(26 October 1878): 13
Publishing
Mary Anne Duffus Hardy
This novel is wrongly attributed in OCLC Worldcat to MADH
's daughter Iza
.
Hurst and Blackett
(who from this point became MADH
's regular publishers) placed a block of four advertisements for this novel...
Publishing
Hélène Barcynska
A short novel at 40,000 words, it was serialised in The Winning Post (edited by Robert Standish Sievier
) and published in volume form the same year through John Long
(a firm which also published...
Publishing
Isabella Neil Harwood
Raymond's Heroine, another three-decker and one of INH
's most popular novels, was published by Hurst and Blackett
(to which now she changed from Tinsley Brothers
, who had published her earlier books).
“Multiple Advertisements and Notices”. The Morning Post, No. 29106.
“The New and Popular Novels”. The Era, No. 1489.
Publishing
Hélène Barcynska
On the title-page of Pretty Dear MB's pseudonym is The Countess Barcynska with an accent on the n of Barcynska. Its spring publication is mentioned in a list of new Hurst and Blackett
books bound...
Publishing
Henrietta Camilla Jenkin
The book was published by Hurst and Blackett
, by whom, however, the author felt she was shabbily treated.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. The Letters of Mrs Gaskell. Editors Chapple, J. A. V. and Arthur Pollard, Harvard University Press.
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Texts
Betham-Edwards, Matilda. Through Spain to the Sahara. Hurst and Blackett, 1868.
Blagden, Isa. The Crown of a life. Hurst and Blackett, 1869.
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth. Dead Love has Chains. Hurst and Blackett, 1907.
Browne, Frances. My Share of the World. Hurst and Blackett, 1861.
Browne, Frances. The Castleford Case. Hurst and Blackett, 1862.
Bunbury, Selina. Life in Sweden. Hurst and Blackett, 1853.
Bunbury, Selina. Russia After the War. Hurst and Blackett, 1857.
Caffyn, Kathleen. Mary Mirrilees. Hurst and Blackett, 1916.
Chatterton, Georgiana. Won at Last. Hurst and Blackett, 1874.
Chorley, Henry Fothergill. Thirty Years’ Musical Recollections. Hurst and Blackett, 1862.
Clive, Caroline. John Greswold. Hurst and Blackett, 1864.
Cooper, Elizabeth, and Lady Arbella Stuart. The Life and Letters of Lady Arabella Stuart. Hurst and Blackett, 1866.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. A Brave Lady. Hurst and Blackett, 1870.
Craik, Dinah Mulock, editor. A Legacy. Hurst and Blackett, 1878.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. A Life for a Life. Hurst and Blackett.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. A Life for a Life. Hurst and Blackett, 1859.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. A Noble Life. Hurst and Blackett, 1866.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. A Woman’s Thoughts About Women. Hurst and Blackett, 1858.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. Christian’s Mistake. Hurst and Blackett, 1865.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. Hannah. Hurst and Blackett, 1872.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. John Halifax, Gentleman. Hurst and Blackett, 1856.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. Mistress and Maid. Hurst and Blackett, 1863.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. Poems. Hurst and Blackett, 1859.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. The Unkind Word and Other Stories. Hurst and Blackett, 1870.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. The Woman’s Kingdom. Hurst and Blackett, 1869.