She was flattered by Bohn
's commission, but found Faust difficult. She declined his
offer of copies of every extant translation, on the grounds that she did not want to compromise her originality. She drew...
Publishing
George Eliot
G. H. Lewes
submitted it, as his own work, to publisher George Bohn
, but their negotiations quickly collapsed with rancour on both sides. The work was not published until 1981.
Ashton, Rosemary. G. H. Lewes: A Life. Clarendon Press, 1991.
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Textual Production
Anna Swanwick
These first translations by AS
had several consequences. They were snapped up by Henry Bohn
for his Bohn's Standard Library edition of Goethe's works (which was designed to take advantage of the interest sparked by...
Timeline
1831: Henry George Bohn established his own bookshop...
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1831
Henry George Bohn
established his own bookshop at 4 York Street, Covent Garden, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 59
1841: Henry George Bohn published the Guinea Catalogue,...
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1841
Henry George Bohn
published the Guinea Catalogue, an important early bibliographical text.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
1864: Henry George Bohn published A Bibliographical...
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1864
Henry George Bohn
published A Bibliographical Account of the Works of Shakespeare.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
114
1867: Henry George Bohn published his Dictionary...
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1867
Henry George Bohn
published his Dictionary of Quotations.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Texts
Bohn, Henry George. Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets. Printed for private distribution, 1867.
