The busiest man in England [electronic resource] : Grant Allen and the writing trade, 1875-1900 / Peter Morton.
By: Morton, Peter.
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BookPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2005Description: xv, 251 p. : ill.Subject(s): Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 | Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 -- Authorship | Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography | Authorship -- History -- 19th century | England -- Intellectual life -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 821/.914 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : "the most hateful of professions?" -- 1. Canada and Oxford (1848-1873) -- 2. Jamaica (1873-1876) -- 3. Setting out the stall (1876-1880) -- 4. "A pedlar crying stuff" : selling the wares (1880-1889) -- 5. The stock in trade : writing science -- 6. The stock in trade : light fiction -- 7. The prosperous tradesman (1890-1895) -- 8. Dealing with the "dissenting grocer" -- 9. Retailing The woman who did -- 10. Last orders (1896-1899) -- Conclusion : "we of the proletariat..."
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