The Infidel

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Literary
Cover of the book The Infidel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon ISBN: 9788892534711
Publisher: Mary Elizabeth Braddon Publication: December 30, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
ISBN: 9788892534711
Publisher: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Publication: December 30, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

Father and daughter worked together at the trade of letters in the days when George the Second was king and Grub Street was a reality. For them literature was indeed a trade, since William Thornton wrote only what the booksellers wanted, and adjusted the supply to the demand. No sudden inspirations, no freaks of a vagabond fancy ever distracted him from the question of bread and cheese; so many sides of letter-paper to produce so many pounds. He wrote everything. He contributed verse as well as prose to the Gentleman's Magazine, and had been the winner of one of those prizes which the liberal Mr. Cave offered for the best poem sent to him.

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Father and daughter worked together at the trade of letters in the days when George the Second was king and Grub Street was a reality. For them literature was indeed a trade, since William Thornton wrote only what the booksellers wanted, and adjusted the supply to the demand. No sudden inspirations, no freaks of a vagabond fancy ever distracted him from the question of bread and cheese; so many sides of letter-paper to produce so many pounds. He wrote everything. He contributed verse as well as prose to the Gentleman's Magazine, and had been the winner of one of those prizes which the liberal Mr. Cave offered for the best poem sent to him.

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