Literary manuscripts : Victorian manuscripts from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of the New York Public Library. George Gissing collection of papers, 1875-1954

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Imprint:Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2009.
Description:online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12983011
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Other authors / contributors:Berg Collection, host institution.
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.
Notes:New York Public Library
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Summary:Manuscripts, correspondence by and about the author, diaries kept from 1879 to 1913, a commonplace book, financial and legal documents, portraits, and pictorial works. The manuscripts include novels, stories, and essays by the author, including the holograph of the novels "Demos" and "New Grub Street." The diaries include two volumes kept by Sir Sydney Philip Perigal Waterlow from 1907 to 1913. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence, written by the author, dating from 1876 to 1904; letters relating to the author, dating from 1897 to 1954; and letters to the author from his brothers, Algernon and William Gissing, from the publishers Lawrence and Bullen, and from James B. Pinker, dating from 1875 through 1900.
Target Audience:Specialized.