LEADER 03578nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910451079803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-36460-6 010 $a9786611364601 010 $a1-4039-8099-3 024 7 $a10.1057/9781403980991 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342842 035 $a(EBL)307545 035 $a(OCoLC)312478889 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000116080 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145074 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000116080 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10026818 035 $a(PQKB)10145900 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8099-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307545 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307545 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135576 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136460 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342842 100 $a20040526d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe busiest man in England$b[electronic resource] $eGrant Allen and the writing trade, 1875-1900 /$fPeter Morton 205 $a1st ed. 2005. 210 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (270 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-52939-7 311 $a1-4039-6626-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : "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..." 330 $aThis book is a critical biography of Grant Allen, (1848-1899), the first for a century, based on all the surviving primary sources. Born in Kingston, Ontario, into a cultured and affluent family, Allen was educated in France and England. A mysterious marriage while he was an Oxford undergraduate wrecked his academic career and radicalized his views on sexual and marital questions, as did a three-year teaching stint in Jamaica. Despite his lifelong ill health and short life, Allen was a writer of extraordinary productivity and range. About half - more than 30 books and many hundreds of articles - reflects interests which ran from Darwinian biology to cultural travel guides. His prosperity, however, was underpinned by fiction; more than 30 novels, including The Woman Who Did , which has attracted much recent attention from feminist critics and historians. The Better End of Grub Street uses Allen's career to examine the role and status of the freelance author/journalist in the late-Victorian period. Allen's career delineates what it took to succeed in this notoriously tough profession. 606 $aAuthors, English$y19th century$vBiography 606 $aAuthorship$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aEngland$xIntellectual life$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthors, English 615 0$aAuthorship$xHistory 676 $a821/.914 700 $aMorton$b Peter$f1946 Apr. 10-$0998741 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451079803321 996 $aThe busiest man in England$92291032 997 $aUNINA