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recalled the publisher's desire for a blend of the human interest and genial humour of Dickens
with the plot-weaving of G. W. M. Reynolds
.
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth et al. “My First Novel”. The Trail of the Serpent, edited by Chris Willis and Chris Willis, Modern Library, 2003, pp. 415-27.
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She indeed opens with a Dickensian flourish, conjuring...
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7 November 1846: G. W. M. Reynolds and J. Dicks launched the...
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7 November 1846
G. W. M. Reynolds
and J. Dicks
launched the weekly Reynolds's Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, Science and Art. It ran until 14 June 1869, in a new series from 1848.
1848: John Dicks established his own publishing...
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1848
John Dicks
established his own publishing house in London with G. W. M. Reynolds
.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 126
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.
May 1850: Reynolds's Weekly News was launched by George...
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May 1850
Reynolds's Weekly News was launched by George Reynolds
as a radical Sunday paper of international news, designed to serve the cause of freedom and democracy.
University of Bradford, Learning Support Services. http://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/special/reynolds.php.