Bentley family

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The Bentley family is a British publishing dynasty best known for its influential 19th-century literary ventures and associations with prominent authors such as Charles Dickens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British family ⓘ
publishing family ⓘ
activePeriod 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith Anthony Trollope ⓘ
Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
Captain Marryat ⓘ
Charles Dickens ⓘ
Charles Reade ⓘ
Edward Bulwer-Lytton ⓘ
Frances Trollope ⓘ
linked to: Fanny Trollope

G. P. R. James ⓘ
Mrs. Henry Wood ⓘ
Sheridan Le Fanu ⓘ
Wilkie Collins ⓘ
William Harrison Ainsworth ⓘ
businessAcquiredBy Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
businessFounded Richard Bentley publishing house ⓘ
collaboratedWith Charles Dickens ⓘ
conflictWith Charles Dickens ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
era Victorian era ⓘ
familyBusinessType family-run publishing house ⓘ
founder Richard Bentley ⓘ
genreFocus Victorian fiction ⓘ
novels ⓘ
periodicals ⓘ
historicalSignificance early publisher of Charles Dickens ⓘ
helped shape Victorian literary culture ⓘ
industry publishing ⓘ
languageOfPublication English ⓘ
legacy important catalog of Victorian novels ⓘ
integration of their firm into Macmillan catalogue ⓘ
locationHeadquarters London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
notableFor 19th-century literary publishing ⓘ
associations with prominent Victorian authors ⓘ
notableMember Richard Bentley ⓘ
Richard Bentley Jr. ⓘ
operatedImprint Bentley’s Miscellany ⓘ
Standard Novels series ⓘ
publishedWork Bentley’s Miscellany magazine ⓘ
Oliver Twist ⓘ
roleInPublishing publisher of serialized fiction ⓘ
publisher of three-volume novels ⓘ
successorInBusiness Richard Bentley Jr. ⓘ

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Bentley's Miscellany → publisher → Bentley family ⓘ