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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, 1932 -. 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, 2 vols. 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. 2001, http://borneback.com/ . 15 September 2008 Gale, Robert L. A Henry James Encyclopedia. Greenwood, 1989. 39 Edel, Leon et al. A Bibliography of Henry James. 3rd edition, 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 |
Timeline
1865: The Palestine Exploration Fund was founded...
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1865
The Palestine Exploration Fund
was founded for the purpose of producing accurate, modern surveys of the Holy Land, following the English, Protestant sense of personal belonging to that part of the world.
Birch, Dinah. “Land of Pure Delight”. London Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2006, pp. 24-5.
24
By 5 December 1868: Walter Besant's first book, Early French...
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By 5 December 1868
Walter Besant
's first book, Early French Poetry, was published.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2145 (1868): 747
By 13 July 1872: Walter Besant and James Rice published Ready-Money...
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By 13 July 1872
Walter Besant
and James Rice
published Ready-Money Mortiboy, in three volumes.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2333 (1872): 46
By 7 May 1881: Walter Besant and James Rice published The...
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By 7 May 1881
Walter Besant
and James Rice
published The Chaplain of the Fleet, the fictional autobiography of Kitty Pleydell.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2793 (1881): 622
By 29 April 1882: Walter Besant published The Revolt of Man,...
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By 29 April 1882
Walter Besant
published The Revolt of Man, an anti-feminist dystopia.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2844 (1882): 537
By 7 October 1882: Walter Besant published the best-selling...
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By 7 October 1882
Walter Besant
published the best-selling novel All Sorts and Conditions of Men: An Impossible Story.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2867 (1882): 460
Weiner, Deborah E. B. Architecture and Social Reform in Late-Victorian London. Manchester University Press, 1994.
182
28 September 1883: A meeting of authors, chaired by Walter Besant,...
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28 September 1883
A meeting of authors, chaired by Walter Besant
, gathered to found the Company of Authors, later the Society of Authors
, to improve the earning prospects of writers and lobby for copyright protection.
Parker, Derek. “Onward to 3000”. The Author, Vol.
cx
, No. 4, 1 Dec.–28 Feb. 1999, pp. 166-8. 166-7
By 14 June 1884: Walter Besant published Dorothy Forster,...
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By 14 June 1884
Walter Besant
published Dorothy Forster, a historical romance, narrated by the title character.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2955 (1884): 756
By 20 November 1886: Walter Besant published Children of Gibe...
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By 20 November 1886
Walter Besant
published Children of Gibeon.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
3082 (1886): 598
May 1890: Walter Besant founded The Author, the journal...
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May 1890
Walter Besant
founded The Author, the journal (then monthly) of the Society of Authors
which promoted authors' interests and supported grievances against the publishing industry. Besant edited the journal until 1901.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
34, 593
20 November 1895: The St Bride Printing Library was opened...
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20 November 1895
The St Bride Printing Library
was opened by Sir Walter Besant
.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
164
1899: Walter Besant published The Pen and the Book,...
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1899
Walter Besant
published The Pen and the Book, about the financial position of authors.
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
April 1902: The Autobiography of Sir Walter Besant was...
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April 1902
The Autobiography of Sir Walter Besant was published posthumously.
Besant, Sir Walter, and S. Squire Sprigge. Autobiography of Sir Walter Besant. Scholarly Press, 1971.
prelims
Texts
Besant, Sir Walter, and S. Squire Sprigge. Autobiography of Sir Walter Besant. Scholarly Press, 1971.
Collins, Wilkie et al. Blind Love. Chatto and Windus, 1890, 3 vols.
Besant, Sir Walter, and Henry James. The Art of Fiction. Cupples and Hurd, 1884.