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

Vizetelly, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108009301 ISBN 13: 9781108009300

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description:

Published in London in 1893, the year before his death, Henry Vizetelly's two-volume autobiography recalls his eventful career as a journalist, writer and publisher. His book is a fascinating blend of political, social and personal history, and reflects the turbulent literary world of nineteenth-century London, Paris and Berlin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1108009301
• ISBN 13: 9781108009300
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 456