Charles Dickens and his Publishers
Details:
- Author(s) Patten, Robert L
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1978
- Pages 502pp; illus
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Place Published Oxford
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Second edition 2017. Deals with the relations of Dickens and his publishers, notably Chapman, Hall & Co and Bradbury & Evans. Structured in four pats: 1] 'Rise to fame'; 2] 'The anxious forties'; 3] 'Fortune with fame'; 4] 'Man of the world'. Has extensive appendices including: 'Sales and profits of Dicken's works, 1846-70' by publication [pp349-416] and 'Income from Dicken's works for Dickens, Bradbury & Evans, and Chapman & Hall, 1846-70 [pp458-61]