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Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay
  • Edited by her Niece
  • Volume 2
  • Fanny Burney
  • Edited by Charlotte Barrett
  • Published online:
    05 March 2014
    Print publication:
    29 August 2013
  • Born into a musical family as the daughter of Charles Burney, Frances 'Fanny' Burney (1752–1840) opted for a life of letters. Her epistolary novel Evelina generated both sensation and sales upon its appearance early in 1778, and when her identity as the author was soon revealed, it opened the door to intellectual circles frequented by the likes of Samuel Johnson and fellow diarist Hester Thrale. Appearing under her married name of Madame d'Arblay, her witty and candid journals and correspondence, from her breakthrough until her final years, were edited by her niece Charlotte Barrett (1786–1870) and first published in seven volumes between 1842 and 1846. Reissued here is the new edition of 1854, including biographical notes. Volume 2 covers the period from the beginning of 1781 to July 1786, during which Cecilia (1782), her second novel, was published.

Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay
  • Edited by her Niece
  • Volume 4
  • Fanny Burney
  • Edited by Charlotte Barrett
  • Published online:
    05 March 2014
    Print publication:
    29 August 2013
  • Born into a musical family as the daughter of Charles Burney, Frances 'Fanny' Burney (1752–1840) opted for a life of letters. Her epistolary novel Evelina generated both sensation and sales upon its appearance early in 1778, and when her identity as the author was soon revealed, it opened the door to intellectual circles frequented by the likes of Samuel Johnson and fellow diarist Hester Thrale. Appearing under her married name of Madame d'Arblay, her witty and candid journals and correspondence, from her breakthrough until her final years, were edited by her niece Charlotte Barrett (1786–1870) and first published in seven volumes between 1842 and 1846. Reissued here is the new edition of 1854, including biographical notes. Volume 4 covers the period from the beginning of 1788 through to the end of February 1789. It features the notable episode in which an unbalanced George III chased Fanny through Kew Gardens.

Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay
  • Edited by her Niece
  • Volume 7
  • Fanny Burney
  • Edited by Charlotte Barrett
  • Published online:
    05 March 2014
    Print publication:
    29 August 2013
  • Born into a musical family as the daughter of Charles Burney, Frances 'Fanny' Burney (1752–1840) opted for a life of letters. Her epistolary novel Evelina generated both sensation and sales upon its appearance early in 1778, and when her identity as the author was soon revealed, it opened the door to intellectual circles frequented by the likes of Samuel Johnson and fellow diarist Hester Thrale. Appearing under her married name of Madame d'Arblay, her witty and candid journals and correspondence, from her breakthrough until her final years, were edited by her niece Charlotte Barrett (1786–1870) and first published in seven volumes between 1842 and 1846. Reissued here is the new edition of 1854, including biographical notes. Volume 7 covers the period from 1813 until her death, a time of bereavement in which she lost her father, brother, husband and son. Also included is a general index to all the volumes.

Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay
  • Edited by her Niece
  • Volume 1
  • Fanny Burney
  • Edited by Charlotte Barrett
  • Published online:
    05 March 2014
    Print publication:
    29 August 2013
  • Born into a musical family as the daughter of Charles Burney, Frances 'Fanny' Burney (1752–1840) opted for a life of letters. Her epistolary novel Evelina generated both sensation and sales upon its appearance early in 1778, and when her identity as the author was soon revealed, it opened the door to intellectual circles frequented by the likes of Samuel Johnson and fellow diarist Hester Thrale. Appearing under her married name of Madame d'Arblay, her witty and candid journals and correspondence, from her breakthrough until her final years, were edited by her niece Charlotte Barrett (1786–1870) and first published in seven volumes between 1842 and 1846. Reissued here is the new edition of 1854, including biographical notes. Detailing the success of her literary debut and the friendships she forged as a result, Volume 1 captures the excitement of the period from 1778 to 1780.

Joseph Conrad
  • A Personal Remembrance
  • Ford Madox Ford
  • Published online:
    05 March 2014
    Print publication:
    27 June 2013
    First published in:
    1924
  • Determined not to write a biography about his friend Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) in the usual dry style, Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939) instead produced a novel. As a result, some biographical facts are given less emphasis than others, in particular the acrimony which later blighted relations between the two men. But the work is distinguished by its liveliness and by a wealth of vivid detail. Ford describes Conrad's remarkably long-eared horse, his haphazard use of adverbs and their fraught collaboration over their second joint novel, Romance, during which Ford's carefully unexciting style provoked the adventure-loving Conrad to depression. Ford's impressionistic portrayal of Conrad as an elegant, likeable swindler and 'beautiful genius' strikes a far richer chord than a purely historical account. First published in 1924, just after Conrad's death, this work remains a striking example of creative non-fiction, instructive for scholars and students of English literature.

Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs Piozzi (Thrale)
  • With Notes and an Introductory Account of her Life and Writings
  • Volume 1
  • Hester Lynch Piozzi
  • Edited by Abraham Hayward
  • Published online:
    05 January 2014
    Print publication:
    06 May 2013
    First published in:
    1861
  • Highly educated and accustomed to intellectual society, the writer Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741–1821) became a close friend of Samuel Johnson through her first husband, the brewer Henry Thrale. Her second marriage, to the Italian musician Gabriel Mario Piozzi in 1784, estranged her from Johnson, but following his death she published her groundbreaking Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, anticipating Boswell's biography. In addition to publishing essays, memoirs, poetry and travel diaries, she was one of the first women to produce works on philology and history. Edited by the essayist Abraham Hayward (1801–84) and incorporating correspondence and other writings, this two-volume work offers a valuable insight into the life of an important woman of letters and how she was perceived by contemporaries and posterity. Reissued here is the enlarged second edition of 1861. Volume 1 is devoted to Hayward's biographical essay and critique of her works.

The Collected Works of William Morris
  • With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
  • Volume 7, The Story of Grettir the Strong; The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs
  • William Morris
  • Introduction by May Morris
  • Published online:
    05 November 2013
    Print publication:
    11 October 2012
    First published in:
    1910
  • A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 7 contains translations of Icelandic literature, namely the Grettis saga, the Völsunga saga and several songs of the Elder Edda.

The Collected Works of William Morris
  • With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
  • Volume 18, The Well at the World's End 1
  • William Morris
  • Introduction by May Morris
  • Published online:
    05 November 2013
    Print publication:
    11 October 2012
    First published in:
    1910
  • A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 18 contains the first part of the novel The Well at the World's End (1896).

The Collected Works of William Morris
  • With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
  • Volume 20, The Water of the Wondrous Isles
  • William Morris
  • Introduction by May Morris
  • Published online:
    05 November 2013
    Print publication:
    11 October 2012
    First published in:
    1910
  • A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 20 contains the posthumously published novel The Water of the Wondrous Isles (1897).

The Collected Works of William Morris
  • With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
  • Volume 21, The Sundering Flood; Unfinished Romances
  • William Morris
  • Introduction by May Morris
  • Published online:
    05 November 2013
    Print publication:
    11 October 2012
    First published in:
    1910
  • A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 21 contains the posthumously published novel The Sundering Flood (1897) and several unfinished prose romances.

The Collected Works of William Morris
  • With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
  • Volume 9, Love Is Enough; Poems by the Way
  • William Morris
  • Introduction by May Morris
  • Published online:
    05 November 2013
    Print publication:
    11 October 2012
    First published in:
    1910
  • A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 9 contains the verse drama Love is Enough (1873) and the various ballads and lyrics of Poems by the Way (1891).

Our Recent Actors
  • Being Recollections Critical, and, in Many Cases, Personal, of Late Distinguished Performers of Both Sexes
  • Volume 1
  • Westland Marston
  • Published online:
    05 October 2013
    Print publication:
    24 May 2012
    First published in:
    1888
  • Love of the theatre began at an early age for John Westland Marston (1819–90), and developed into his life's work as a playwright, critic and literary figure of the Victorian era. He fell out of fashion and into poverty in the last years of his life, though Irving and other friends helped with a gala benefit performance of his most famous play. This two-volume work, published in 1888, is a tribute to the actors, plays and performances of his youth. Victorian dramatic works ranged through a variety of styles and genres, and Marston's recollections cover the wide area of theatrical culture in which he was involved. Volume 1 includes chapters on the actors Macready, Charles and Ellen Kean and the Kemble family. Combining professional knowledge, backstage anecdotes and accounts of the emotional impact of performances upon Marston himself, the work offers an insight into the growth and development of nineteenth-century theatre.

The Collected Works of William Morris
  • With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
  • Volume 19, The Well at the World's End 2
  • William Morris
  • Introduction by May Morris
  • Published online:
    05 October 2013
    Print publication:
    11 October 2012
    First published in:
    1910
  • A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 19 contains the second part of the novel The Well at the World's End (1896).

The Collected Works of William Morris
  • With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
  • Volume 16, News from Nowhere; A Dream of John Ball; A King's Lesson
  • William Morris
  • Introduction by May Morris
  • Published online:
    05 October 2013
    Print publication:
    11 October 2012
    First published in:
    1910
  • A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 16 contains Morris' utopian socialist novel News from Nowhere (1890), the prose piece A Dream of John Ball (1888) and the short tale A King's Lesson (1888).

The Collected Works of William Morris
  • With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
  • Volume 15, The Roots of the Mountains
  • William Morris
  • Introduction by May Morris
  • Published online:
    05 October 2013
    Print publication:
    11 October 2012
    First published in:
    1910
  • A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 15 contains the fantasy novel The Roots of the Mountains (1889).

The Collected Works of William Morris
  • With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
  • Volume 17, The Wood Beyond the World; Child Christopher; Old French Romances
  • William Morris
  • Introduction by May Morris
  • Published online:
    05 October 2013
    Print publication:
    11 October 2012
    First published in:
    1910
  • A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 17 contains the fantasy novels The Wood Beyond the World (1894) and Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair (1895) as well as prose and verse translations of medieval French texts (1893–4).

Studies of a Biographer
  • Volume 4
  • Leslie Stephen
  • Published online:
    05 October 2013
    Print publication:
    24 May 2012
    First published in:
    1902
  • Sir Leslie Stephen (1832–1904) was founding Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB). Also a writer on philosophy, ethics, and literature, he was educated at Eton, King's College, London, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he remained as a Fellow and a tutor for a number of years. Though a sickly child, he later became a keen and successful mountaineer, taking part in first ascents of nine peaks in the Alps. These biographical essays and critiques were written originally for the National Review and published as two two-volume sets in 1898 and 1902. These vignettes show that, despite the years of preparing material for the DNB to its particular editorial requirements, Stephen was still a master of the finely crafted depiction of the essence of his chosen subjects. Volume 4 considers Shakespeare the man, Southey, Anthony Trollope and Robert Louis Stevenson, and includes a critique of recent works on Milton.

The Collected Works of William Morris
  • With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
  • Volume 14, The House of the Wolfings; The Story of the Glittering Plain
  • William Morris
  • Introduction by May Morris
  • Published online:
    05 October 2013
    Print publication:
    11 October 2012
    First published in:
    1910
  • A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 14 contains the fantasy novels The House of the Wolfings (1889) and The Story of the Glittering Plain (1891).

Our Recent Actors
  • Being Recollections Critical, and, in Many Cases, Personal, of Late Distinguished Performers of Both Sexes
  • Volume 2
  • Westland Marston
  • Published online:
    05 October 2013
    Print publication:
    24 May 2012
    First published in:
    1888
  • Love of the theatre began at an early age for John Westland Marston (1819–90), and developed into his life's work as a playwright, critic and literary figure of the Victorian era. He fell out of fashion and into poverty in the last years of his life, though Irving and other friends helped with a gala benefit performance of his most famous play. This two-volume work, published in 1888, is a tribute to the actors, plays and performances of his youth. Victorian dramatic works ranged through a variety of styles and genres, and Marston's recollections cover the wide area of theatrical culture in which he was involved. Volume 2 charts the growth of individual theatre companies including Sadler's Wells and Covent Garden, as well as recalling great actors such as Madame Vestris and Mademoiselle Rachel. The work offers an intimate insight into the growth and development of nineteenth-century theatre.

The Collected Works of William Morris
  • With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
  • Volume 1, The Defence of Guenevere; The Hollow Land
  • William Morris
  • Introduction by May Morris
  • Published online:
    05 October 2013
    Print publication:
    11 October 2012
    First published in:
    1910
  • A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 1 contains Morris' early verse, including The Defence of Guenevere (1858), as well as prose contributions to the short-lived Oxford and Cambridge Magazine.

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