TY - BOOK AU - Morton,Peter ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The busiest man in England: Grant Allen and the writing trade, 1875-1900 AV - PR4004.A2 Z78 2005eb U1 - 821/.914 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Allen, Grant, KW - Authors, English KW - 19th century KW - Biography KW - Authorship KW - History KW - England KW - Intellectual life KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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..."; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10135576 ER -