James T. Fields

Following the death of her publisher James T. Fields in 1881, SOJ became increasingly close to Annie Fields , his widow. Their relationship intensified following a trip together to Europe in 1882, and they were...

She established a friendship with Nathaniel Hawthorne through an early, enthusiastic letter, in which she described the delight of her first encounters with his work. She nevertheless felt that he always stood somewhat aloof from...

Well known and much admired in her lifetime, ESP enjoyed friendships with many important literary figures, including publisher James Fields (who has been described as Christ-like in sympathy and kindness) and his wife...

At the end of her life MRM was visited by John Ruskin and the US publisher James T. Fields . Her American literary connections were many: she corresponded with, and in some cases...

When it first appeared, RHD 's story met with wide critical acclaim and broad recognition from members of the American literary community.Emily Dickinson wrote to her sister-in-law for a copy. Davis's publisher...

AMH was already writing and drawing as a professional when Henry Chorley , editor of the Ladies' Companion, commissioned her to go to Oberammergau and report on the passion play. On her return to...

At the request of James T. Fields she wrote a piece for the Atlantic Monthly in 1866 about a curious house that she saw while house-hunting in Genoa: to her regret the magazine...

RHD had originally submitted the story to the Atlantic Monthly in May 1861, on encouragement from the editor, James T. Fields , and his wife, Annie . Fields, however, rejected the first version of the...

She thought, after this, of writing a poem on Timoleon, the Greek liberator of Syracuse in the fourth century BC. Instead, however, she started work on Middlemarch. In 1869 she wrote and published two...

James Fields wrote to her shortly after publication that her book was moving grandly. . . . It has already reached a sale of four thousand copies. He enclosed a cheque for six hundred...

SOJ published many sketches and short stories throughout her career, frequently placing them in James T. Fields 's Atlantic Monthly.

More recently, however, critics have expressed regret about RHD 's decision to submit to editorial control by James T. Fields . Following Jean Fagan Yellin , Janice Milner Lasseter contended that the revised version of...

Whether out of dislike for the novel, insistence on exclusive rights to her work, or anxiety not to offend his readers, RHD 's first publisher, James T. Fields , summarily removed her from the list...

While she was working on Life in the Iron-Mills, RHD 's editor James Fields requested a more taking title. She proposed the title Beyond? (to suggest the subdued meaning of the story) and...