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Adventures with authors by the late S.C. Roberts

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  • "This biography contains a rich collection of the author's stories, offering a series of insights into human nature, especially in the notoriously delicate relationship between author and publisher."
  • ""'S.C.' was known as a vivid raconteur and mimic; more formally he was recognized as a publisher of skill and distinction, who graduated to become Master of his college and Vice-Chancellor of his university and to receive a knighthood. ... [H]e joined Cambridge University Press as 'assistant secretary' in 1911, served four war years as a lieutenant in the Suffolk Regiment, with a wound at Ypres, and three years after his return was appointed Secretary (or director) of the Press. His adventures and achievements in that capacity are the subject of the main part of this book. ... His 'Adventures' contain, first, a rich collection of his 'stories'. ... [T]hey offer a series of insights into human nature, especially in the notoriously delicate relationship between author and publisher. Roberts' 'Authors' include Jeans and Rutherford, Dover Wilson and Granville Barker, Housman and de la Mare and many others. Secondly, the book is a record ... of the way of life of a major university as it evolved from the Victorian to the modern mode"--P. [4] of cover."

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  • "Cambridge University Press"
  • "History"
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  • "Records and correspondence"

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  • "Adventures with authors by the late S.C. Roberts"
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