Before meeting James Joyce
but after becoming his patron, HSW
envisaged him as noble and ascetic. She was upset when in 1921 Wyndham Lewis
depicted Joyce to her as a drunken spendthrift. Joyce countered these...
Publishing
Martin Ross
Martin's brother James
had already published hunting stories.
Collis, Maurice. Somerville and Ross: A Biography. Faber and Faber, 1968.
116
But it was J. B. Pinker
, one of the first literary agents in London, who told her and Somerville that he could easily place...
Publishing
Martin Ross
Again it took a long time to complete the book, despite the urging of both Longmans
and Pinker
.
Collis, Maurice. Somerville and Ross: A Biography. Faber and Faber, 1968.
159
Again the first edition was of 10,000 copies.
Cummins, Geraldine. Dr. E. Œ. Somerville: A Biography. Andrew Dakers, 1952.
259
Publishing
Violet Hunt
Her agent J. B. Pinker
sent the manuscript to William Heinemann
, who agreed to publish it on the condition that Hunt should change its ending: she would not find an audience, he insisted, for...
Publishing
E. Nesbit
When EN
's commissions for children's stories dried up, she was left in financial difficulty. She was used to making perhaps fifty pounds for an episode issued in England and the USA, which worked out...
Textual Production
Violet Hunt
VH
was recommended to the highly innovative, influential Review by her literary agent J. B. Pinker
. The Coach, one of the short stories she submitted at this time, was published in the journal's...