â Richard Bentley (then Richard Bentley and Son) was the leading
publisher of fiction in three-volume form for much of the 19th
century, and his business traded globally. He was one of the most
important publishers in his time. He worked with many of the
best-selling British and overseas writers, including publishing
much important later fiction in single-volumes. From 1832 until it
was sold to Macmillan in 1898, his London-based firm developed
networks to distribute its books throughout the British Empire. It
also issued works of fiction and non-fiction about Great Britain's
various colonies in what are now Australia, Canada, India, New
Zealand, and South Africa. The book historians and scholarly
editors who have contributed to Richard Bentley and The British
Empire: Imperial and Colonial Publishing in the 19th Century
analyse fundamental aspects of the structure, history and
functioning of the international book trade. They explore the many
roles that Bentley played in disseminating information about these
far-flung possessions and in helping to develop - and modify -
British cultural values in them. As well as documenting the
geography and history of regions in the Empire, the contributors to
this volume explore many questions including race relations and
slavery, that are still relevant today.
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