Victorian fiction
Subtitle: writers, publishers, readers
By: John Sutherland.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Authors and publishers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Fiction -- Appreciation -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Authors and readers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Fiction -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Description: "Drawing on extensive research, John Sutherland builds up a fascinating picture of the cultural, social and commercial factors influencing the production of Victorian fiction. Collins, Dickens, Eliot, Thackeray and Trollope are discussed in tandem with writers also very popular with the reading public - Reade, Lytton and Mrs. Humphry Ward - but whose fame has not endured. As John Sutherland demonstrates, author-publisher relations played a central role in determining the success of new novels, with some impressive achievements on both sides."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-185) and index.