Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992.
24, 27, 57
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Family and Intimate relationships | Annie Besant | Annie Wood
married Frank Besant
, a clergyman and brother of the writer Walter Besant
, after a year-long engagement. Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992. 24, 27, 57 |
Fictionalization | Eliza Lynn Linton | In 1878, ELL
wrote to a relative, True success comes only by hard work, great courage in self-correction, and the most earnest and intense determination to succeed, not thinking that every endeavour is already success... |
Friends, Associates | John Strange Winter | JSW
had an extensive social circle in London—her biographer, Oliver Bainbridge
, notes that a number of social claims were made upon her by reason of her popularity, and that these were always in advance... |
Intertextuality and Influence | Gladys Henrietta Schütze | As a child GHSimagined that a person, particularly a lady, would have to be something very unusual to produce real books. Schütze, Gladys Henrietta. More Ha’pence Than Kicks. Jarrolds. 37-8 |
Leisure and Society | May Crommelin | MC
was a member of the Albemarle Club
. Who Was Who in Literature, 1906-1934. Gale Research, 1979. vol. 1 |
Occupation | Constance Garnett | Following the successful completion of her studies, Constance Black (later CG
) was appointed as a lecturer in classical studies at Newnham College
. However, it was only a single-term appointment and she soon began... |
Occupation | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | Hugh Price Hughes
, his wife Katherine Price Hughes
, and Mark Guy Pearse
had founded the Mission and the Club in 1887. The Club (or Sisterhood) provided practical and social support for working-class and... |
Publishing | Henry James | HJ
's critical essay The Art of Fiction, written in response to Walter Besant
's Fiction as One of the Fine Arts, was published in Longman's Magazine. Borne Back Daily. 15 September 2008 Gale, Robert L. A Henry James Encyclopedia. Greenwood, 1989. 39 Edel, Leon, Dan H. Laurence, and James Rambeau. A Bibliography of Henry James. Clarendon Press, 1982. 69 |
Textual Features | Mary Augusta Ward | The novel features Robert Elsmere's gradual loss of his orthodox Christian faith, and the tension which this causes between the emerging sceptic and his wife, Catherine Leyburn (based on MAW
's friend Laura Lyttleton
)... |
Textual Production | Wilkie Collins | WC
's final novel, Blind Love, was published posthumously. With his health failing, Collins had arranged for it to be completed from his notes by Sir Walter Besant
. Gasson, Andrew. Wilkie Collins: An Illustrated Guide. Oxford University Press, 1998. 20, 22 |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Edith J. Simcox | She begins the article with a tribute to Walter Besant
which applauds his efforts at social improvements. She then goes on, in plain terms, to outline the particular need for trade unionism for women: If... |
Wealth and Poverty | Hannah Lynch | HL
first appealed for financial help to the Royal Literary Fund
in 1895. On 14 February that year Walter Besant
wrote a letter on her behalf which emphasized her ill health and friendless condition; Mabel Robinson |