Letters from Hell
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Overview:
- Title: Letters from Hell
- Author: L. W. J. S.
- Year: 1884
- Publisher: Richard Bentley & Son
- Price: 6/-
- Pages: 348
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Letters from Hell
- Notes:
- "Given in English by L. W. J. S" appears to be a translation credit. Bleiler calls it a pseudonym in Bleiler78.
- A footnote in "The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis: Family letters, 1905-1931" attributed the translation to Julie Sutter.
- There were previous editions in english, a comparison is required to determine the actual order of events.
- Previous English printings are attributed to "M. Rowel".
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Publication date and price from advertisements in The Athenaeum 2970/2971 (and other weeklies):
• 1884-09-27 p390, "Recent Additions to Bentley's Favourite Novels"; this one "Next Week."
• 1884-10-04 p422, "Richard Bentley & Son's List"; this one "[Now ready."
Both adverts note "New Edition" and "crown 8vo".
The entire listing one week later in The Athenaeum List of New Books is: "Letters from Hell given in English, by L. W. J. S., with a Preface by G. Mac Donald, cr. 8vo. 6/ cl." That is: Preface by {{a|George MacDonald}}, size crown octavo, price 6s., clothbound.
Bentley's Favourite Novels appears to be a publication series. The earlier advertisement subheading is "Well printed on good paper and neatly bound, 6s. each." In turn, that may be a successor to Bentley Standard Novels, for which Wikipedia reports price "only six shillings" and a 24-year run from 1831.