Thus she launched a distinguished literary career that lasted for almost six decades. Publisher George Smith
describes the ramshackle condition in which her work was usually delivered. Her copy for her books was a medley...
Textual Production
Charlotte Brontë
CB
sent the final volume to her publishers on November 20th and panicked when she heard nothing from them, although a £500 cheque for the copyright arrived. As it emerged, George Smith
disliked the unromantic...
Travel
Charlotte Brontë
CB
again visited the Smith
s in London, where she met a number of young female writers, among others Anne Thackeray
and Adelaide Procter
.
Barker, Juliet. The Brontës. St Martin’s Press, 1994.
639-43
Travel
Charlotte Brontë
CB
went from London to her friend Ellen Nussey
's in Yorkshire; from there she went on to Edinburgh to join her friends George Smith
and his sister Eliza
for a couple of days.
Travel
Charlotte Brontë
CB
visited London, where her relationship with her publisher and friend George Smith
turned away from intimacy.
Gordon, Lyndall. Charlotte Brontë: A Passionate Life. Chatto and Windus, 1994.
235
Travel
Charlotte Brontë
She stayed at the house of handsome, unmarried George Smith
, of Smith, Elder, and Co.
, and his mother. The night before she left, they hosted a dinner for critics, including John Forster
and...
Wealth and Poverty
Elizabeth Gaskell
She saved half of the price (£2,600) and borrowed the rest on a mortgage from her publisher George Smith
, all without her husband's knowledge. This suggests that despite the restrictions of Married Women's Property...