The Production of Three-volume Novels in Britain, 1863–97

Bassett, Troy J.

doi:10.1086/pbsa.102.1.24293756

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“…15 There are, however, a small number of works which are exhaus tive for a period or genre and do provide information usable by those interested in an inclusive history of the novel and of novel writing. Bassett, 16 for exam ple, enumerates all threevolume editions appearing between 1863 and 1897. RFGS, mentioned earlier, enumerates all novels published between 1770 and 1836.…”

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Reassembling the English Novel, 1789–1919

Riddell

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2021

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The absence of an exhaustive bibliography of novels published in the British Isles and Ireland during the 19th century blocks several lines of research in sociologicallyinclined literary history and book history. Without a detailed account of novelistic production, it is difficult to characterize, for example, the population of individuals who pursued careers as novelists. This paper contributes to efforts to develop such an account by estimating yearly rates of new novel publication in the British Isles and Ireland between 1789 and 1919. This period witnessed, in aggregate, the publication of between 40,000 and 63,000 previously unpublished novels. The number of new novels published each year counts as essential information for researchers interested in understanding the development of the text industry between 1789 and 1919.

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Reassembling the English Novel, 1789–1919

Riddell

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2021

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“…There are, however, a small number of works which are exhaustive for a period or genre and do provide information usable by those interested in an inclusive history of the novel and of novel writing. Bassett (2008), for example, enumerates three-volume editions appearing between 1863 and 1897. RFGS, 1 There are many challenges associated with assembling an exhaustive list.…”

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confidence: 99%