{"product_id":"9781403966261","title":"The Busiest Man in England: Grant Allen and the Writing Trade, 1875-1900","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Busiest Man in England: Grant Allen and the Writing Trade, 1875-1900\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMorton, P.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is a critical biography of Grant Allen, (1848-1899), the first for a century, based on all the surviving primary sources. Born in Kingston, Ontario, into a cultured and affluent family, Allen was educated in France and England. A mysterious marriage while he was an Oxford undergraduate wrecked his academic career and radicalized his views on sexual and marital questions, as did a three-year teaching stint in Jamaica. Despite his lifelong ill health and short life, Allen was a writer of extraordinary productivity and range. About half - more than 30 books and many hundreds of articles - reflects interests which ran from Darwinian biology to cultural travel guides. His prosperity, however, was underpinned by fiction; more than 30 novels, including The Woman Who Did , which has attracted much recent attention from feminist critics and historians. The Better End of Grub Street uses Allen's career to examine the role and status of the freelance author\/journalist in the late-Victorian period. Allen's career delineates what it took to succeed in this notoriously tough profession.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2005-05-11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781403966261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9781403980991\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 229cm x152cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 251\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47678566531212,"sku":"9781403966261","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781403966261.jpg?v=1776565355","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781403966261","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}