This book was enthusiastically received. Hurst and Blackett
had substance to justify their blocks of consecutive Times advertisements with excerpts from reviews: Well told. From one end to the other, it fixes attention,earnest and...
Author summary
Geraldine Jewsbury
During her life, Geraldine Jewsbury
wrote six novels and two books for children. Widely published in Victorian periodicals, she was a respected reviewer, editor, and translator. Her periodical publications ranged from theatre reviews, short fiction...
Publishing
Edna Lyall
Charles Bradlaugh
himself tutored EL
on the subject of secularism for this novel, which was at first to be called Erica. She had nearly finished writing it by the end of 1882, but during...
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Edna Lyall
Her general practice was to suggest half a dozen titles and let her publisher choose. With this book she reverted to a three-volume format and to Hurst and Blackett
.
Payne, George A. "Edna Lyall:" an Appreciation. John Heywood.
Though the London editions bore the date of 1868, Hurst and Blackett
advertised the book as [r]eady at all the libraries on 28 December 1867.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(28 December 1867): 11
Old Sir Douglas was also serialised...
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Hélène Barcynska
A short novel at 40,000 words, it was serialised in The Winning Post (edited by Robert Standish Sievier
) and published in volume form the same year through John Long
(a firm which also published...
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Iza Duffus Hardy
IDH
's novel A Broken Faith was ready at all the Libraries, as its publishers, Hurst and Blackett
, announced in the classified columns of the Times; the advertisement mentioned her earlier titles.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(26 October 1878): 13
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Hélène Barcynska
On the title-page of Pretty Dear MB's pseudonym is The Countess Barcynska with an accent on the n of Barcynska. Its spring publication is mentioned in a list of new Hurst and Blackett
books bound...
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Mary Anne Duffus Hardy
This novel is wrongly attributed in OCLC Worldcat to MADH
's daughter Iza
.
Hurst and Blackett
(who from this point became MADH
's regular publishers) placed a block of four advertisements for this novel...
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Isabella Neil Harwood
Raymond's Heroine, another three-decker and one of INH
's most popular novels, was published by Hurst and Blackett
(to which now she changed from Tinsley Brothers
, who had published her earlier books).
“Multiple Advertisements and Notices”. The Morning Post, No. 29106, 25 Mar. 1867.
“The New and Popular Novels”. The Era, No. 1489, 7 Apr. 1867.
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Henrietta Camilla Jenkin
The book was published by Hurst and Blackett
, by whom, however, the author felt she was shabbily treated.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. The Letters of Mrs Gaskell. Editors Chapple, J. A. V. and Arthur Pollard, Harvard University Press, 1967.
527
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Geraldine Jewsbury
She received £180 from publishers Hurst and Blackett
. The novel was dedicated to D. M.
Jewsbury, Geraldine. Right or Wrong. Hurst and Blackett, 1859, 2 vols.
prelims
whom some believe to be Dinah Mulock Craik
, though it has been argued that the true recipient...
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May Crommelin
She wrote it secretly, basing it on her experience of social life in County Down and in Dublin. On a visit to an uncle and aunt in London she persuaded the uncle to take...
Timeline
January 1853: The Hurst and Blackett publishing firm was...