Glances Back Through Seventy Years: Autobiographical and Other Reminiscences
Henry Vizetelly
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.
卷:
Volume 2
年:
2010
出版社:
Cambridge University Press
语言:
english
页:
454
ISBN 10:
1108009301
ISBN 13:
9781108009300
系列:
Cambridge Library Collection: History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
文件:
PDF, 5.65 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2010