An uncommon reader
Subtitle: a life of Edward Garnett, mentor and editor of literary genius
By: Helen Smith
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780374281120
Subjects: Critics; Book editors; Biography; Authors
Description: A portrait of the influential 20th-century publisher, critic, editor and literary mentor examines his indelible role in the careers of such leading writers as Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence and Edward Thomas, as well as his efforts to establish Russian, American and Australian literature in British readership.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.