{"product_id":"the-busiest-man-in-england-grant-allen-and-the-writing-trade-1875-1900-1403966265","title":"The Busiest Man in England: Grant Allen and the Writing Trade, 1875-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1403966265\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Morton, P.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\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","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51892791476512,"sku":"NEW1403966265","price":65.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/51nFAavrMLL.jpg?v=1781989496","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-busiest-man-in-england-grant-allen-and-the-writing-trade-1875-1900-1403966265","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}