Book Launch: G. W. M. Reynolds Reimagined

April 25, 2023

The Reynolds Society are incredibly excited to announce the launch of the brand new edited collection G. W. M. Reynolds Reimagined: Studies in Authorship, Radicalism, and Genre, 1830-1870. The collection was co-edited by Mary L. Shannon (Reynolds Society President) and Jennifer Conary (Reynolds Society Vice-President), and features work from emerging and established scholars alike. The … More Book Launch: G. W. M. Reynolds Reimagined

New Publication: “The Pretence of Civilisation:” Gothic Progress in G. W. M. Reynolds’s The Mysteries of London

December 15, 2025

By Hayley Braithwaite I am really excited to be able to share the news of my first publication with the Reynolds Society. It is wonderful to be able to join the ranks of scholars to have published on Reynolds, and to share my research into Reynolds’s gothic with this incredible community. ‘“The Pretence of Civilisation:” … More New Publication: “The Pretence of Civilisation:” Gothic Progress in G. W. M. Reynolds’s The Mysteries of London

G. W. M. Reynolds and Personal Empowerment: The Moral Struggle between Servitude and Dignity

March 25, 2025

“We forge the chains we wear in life”: this simple yet powerful statement, contained in Mary Price (1851-1852) and Joseph Wilmot (1853-1855), served as a personal guide into the fascinating fiction of G. W. M. Reynolds… I came across Reynolds’s narratives by researching the novels written by Dickens on a previous project and I must … More G. W. M. Reynolds and Personal Empowerment: The Moral Struggle between Servitude and Dignity

Introductory Post from New Board Member Stephen Basdeo

February 27, 2024

It has been, as of 2024, eleven years since I first picked up a tattered copy of The Mysteries of London, by an author then unknown to me, to study for my MA dissertation on the representation of Victorian organised crime. Since then, Reynolds has become one of my favourite authors and I find myself … More Introductory Post from New Board Member Stephen Basdeo

Teaching The Mysteries of London to Masters Students

June 16, 2023

By Helen Kingstone After attending the G. W. M. Reynolds panel at the British Association for Victorian Studies conference in September 2022, I decided to take up the panellists’ call for us to include Reynolds in our teaching. I incorporated some excerpts from The Mysteries of London in an MA module on Victorian London – … More Teaching The Mysteries of London to Masters Students

Writing Up a Storm in Paris and London: Upcoming Reynolds Society Event

June 1, 2023

Join the Reynolds Society for an evening talk at the Bow Street Police Museum in London on Thursday 20th July 2023! Our very own Mary L. Shannon and Jennifer Conary will be discussing Reynolds, his life in Paris and London, and his brushes with the police. Mary and Jennifer will also be signing copies of … More Writing Up a Storm in Paris and London: Upcoming Reynolds Society Event

The Sepoys: The Indian Revolt in Reynolds’s Miscellany

May 26, 2023

By Rebecca Nesvet The new book G.W.M. Reynolds Reimagined: Studies in Authorship, Radicalism, and Genre, 1830-1870, edited by Jennifer Conary and Mary L. Shannon and just out from Routledge, innovatively illuminates G. W. M. Reynolds’s radical career and exposes some new mysteries. Shannon examines the possible meanings of the 1843 Madras Comic Almanac’s claim to … More The Sepoys: The Indian Revolt in Reynolds’s Miscellany