Glances Back Through Seventy Years: Autobiographical and Other Reminiscences (Cambridge Library Collection - Printing and Publishing History) (Volume 2) - Couverture souple

Vizetelly, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108009301 ISBN 13 : 9781108009300

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This autobiography recalls the eventful career of the nineteenth-century publisher and journalist, Henry Vizetelly (1820–1894). Born in London, Vizetelly was apprenticed to a wood engraver as a young child. He entered the printing business and helped found two successful but short-lived newspapers, the Pictorial Times and the Illustrated Times. From 1865 Vizetelly worked in Paris and Berlin as a foreign correspondent for the Illustrated London News, and also wrote and published several books. He later became a publisher of foreign novels and gained notoriety for his translations of Emile Zola which challenged strict Victorian laws on obscenity and led to his prosecution and imprisonment. His book is a fascinating blend of public and personal history, providing an insight into the turbulent literary world of nineteenth-century Europe. Volume 2 begins in 1858 with the marriage of Princess Vicky and concludes with Vizetelly's return to England in 1878.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1108009301
• ISBN 13: 9781108009300
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 456