Gerald Duckworth

The six-year-old Virginia Stephen (later VW ) was sexually abused by her half-brother Gerald Duckworth , who was then eighteen. He left her with lasting feelings of shame.

VW submitted the completed manuscript of Night and Day to Gerald Duckworth , who accepted it for publication by Duckworth's on 7 May.

She and Leonard took over the sheets from the original publisher, her half-brother Gerald Duckworth .

She began this novel knowing nothing about writing as a profession. She wrote the entire manuscript in a set of children's copy-books. She finished it quickly, and her husband showed it to Samuel Jeyes

Her publisher, Gerald Duckworth , advertised this as a Novel for those who are neither old nor young.EG addressed her American readers in the US edition in September, mentioning the criticisms made in...

H. G. Wells offered to find her another publisher than Duckworth , as he felt she could do better in terms of remuneration and publicity with someone else. Finally, after the manuscript was refused by...

VW submitted the completed manuscript of her first novel, The Voyage Out, to her half-brother Gerald Duckworth , who, on the advice of Edward Garnett , accepted it for publication on 12 April.

Reviews of the novel were not encouraging: the New York Times piece on it was titled Much Ado About Little. Even Richardson's publisher, Gerald Duckworth , was affected by reviews and began to suggest...

After VW turned down his request to photograph her, Cecil Beaton included two drawings and a negative character sketch of her in his Book of Beauty, which was issued by the publishing firm of...

Gerald Duckworth (1870-1937) established the firm that became Duckworth & Co. , publishers. He published VW 's first two novels, The Voyage Out, 1915, and Night and Day, 1919.