Sussex, Lucy. “Mrs Henry Wood and her Memorials”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
15
, No. 2, pp. 157-68. 159
Richard Bentley
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Standard Name: Bentley, Richard,, 1794 - 1871
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Charles Dickens | As one of the leading literary figures of the period, CD
had an extensive social network. His early acquaintances in publishing included Richard Bentley
, William Harrison Ainsworth
, and John Forster
(who later became... |
| Friends, Associates | Ellen Wood | Probably as early as 1862, the publisher Richard Bentley
asked EW
for her critical opinion of the work of Mary Elizabeth Braddon
. She replied with a balanced, judicious, and respectful assessment. |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Frances Eleanor Trollope | After her marriage to Thomas Adolphus Trollope
, FET
was quickly adopted into the Trollope family not only as his wife, but also as a fellow writer. Though she had begun her relationship with Thomas... |
| Literary responses | Ouida | Editorial reader Geraldine Jewsbury
, commissioned by RichardBentley
to report on this novel at its manuscript stage, wrote scathingly (on 29 December 1865) that it was not a story that will do any man... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Isabel Hill | Her need for money having induced IH
to accept Richard Bentley
's offer to translate Germaine de Staël
's Corinne into English for his series Bentley's Standard Novels, her version appeared in print. The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html. Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper. 185-6 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Publishing | Anne Marsh | It was probably of this work that AM
wrote in May 1844, My negotiation with Mr Bentley
[publisher of her The Triumphs of Time] has not yet come to a conclusion, but I hope... |
| Publishing | Ouida | The success of Ouida's Strathmore had led publisher RichardBentley
to consider luring her from Chapman and Hall
; while Under Two Flags was still in manuscript, he commissioned a reader's report from Geraldine Jewsbury |
| Publishing | Frances Trollope | |
| Publishing | Ellen Wood | The novel had been twice offered to the publishing house of Chapman and Hall
, and was recommended by William Harrison Ainsworth
. After their reader (novelist George Meredith
) twice rejected it, EW
took... |
| Publishing | Georgiana Fullerton | GF
received 12 guineas for this first effort. After she sent a second poem to Bentley's, however, Richard Bentley
advised her that she would do better to turn her attention to prose works. The... |
| Publishing | Mary Shelley | MS
began writing this novel in January 1831 (the year of the First Reform Bill), intending to subtitle it a Tale of the Present Times. Vargo, Lisa. “<span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>Lodore</span> and the ’Novel of Society’”. Women’s Writing, Vol. 6 , No. 3, pp. 425-40. 426 Shelley, Mary. “Introduction”. Lodore, edited by Lisa Vargo, Broadview, pp. 9-45. 45 |
| Publishing | Eliza Lynn Linton | She intended this novel to open the eyes of its readers to the oppression of women. Her hopes were very high: I confidently expect a success equal to Jane Eyre. This may sound vain... |
| Publishing | Anne Marsh | Their titles were Sealed Orders, The Previsions of Lady Evelyn, and A Soldier's Fortune. AM
had some trouble negotiating the terms for this publication. She wrote to her son on 28 March,... |
| Reception | Ouida | This novel was successful enough to make publisher Richard BentleyRichard Bentley and Son
consider taking over publication of Ouida
's novels from Chapman and Hall
. Jordan, Jane. “Ouida: The Enigma of a Literary Identity”. Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol. 57 , No. 1, pp. 75-105. 87 |
| Reception | Rhoda Broughton | Broughton was apparently delighted with the positive reception of Red as a Rose is She. It was well reviewed in the Times and the Athenæum, and it proved even more popular with readers... |
Timeline
1806: Henry Colburn set up a publishing house in...
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1806
Henry Colburn
set up a publishing house in London; his authors included many best-sellers.
3 June 1829: Publisher Henry Colburn went into partnership...
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3 June 1829
Publisher Henry Colburn
went into partnership with Richard Bentley (1794 - 1871)
(who, in order to do this, had just dissolved the partnership between himself and his brother Samuel Bentley
as printers).
3 June 1829: Publisher Henry Colburn went into partnership...
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3 June 1829
Publisher Henry Colburn
went into partnership with Richard Bentley (1794 - 1871)
(who, in order to do this, had just dissolved the partnership between himself and his brother Samuel Bentley
as printers).
4 November 1836: Richard Bentley (1794-1871) signed an agreement...
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4 November 1836
Richard Bentley
(1794-1871) signed an agreement with Dickens
to edit his new monthly periodical, Bentley's Miscellany.
3 November 1852: Richard Bentley agreed to publish Charles...
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3 November 1852
February 1859: Richard Bentley began publishing the short-lived...
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February 1859
Richard Bentley
began publishing the short-lived Bentley's Quarterly Review.
December 1868: With sales of the once-popular Bentley's...
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December 1868
With sales of the once-popular Bentley's Miscellany at an all-time low, the owner, Richard Bentley
, ended its publication.
10 September 1871: Richard Bentley, publisher, died at Ramsgate...
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10 September 1871
Richard Bentley
, publisher, died at Ramsgate in Kent; his firm passed to his son George
, and continued to publish under his name until 1898.
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