Happy Festive Season!
December 20, 2018
To all our members and blog followers, have a very happy festive break. Warmest wishes, The Reynolds Society Board
Death and Mr Pickwick
December 7, 2018
*Update – an incorrect version of this post was emailed earlier. See below for the amended version. I am sure that some of you know that I am the author of the novel Death and Mr Pickwick, which tells the story behind the creation of The Pickwick Papers. In Death and Mr Pickwick, my original intention was to … More Death and Mr Pickwick
Postgrads on Reynolds
November 26, 2018
Sophie Raine (Lancaster University) I was first made aware of the George W M Reynolds Society at the RSPV conference at the University of Victoria this year. I was giving a paper on Reynolds’ use of classical imagery in his illustrations of nude models. One aspect of Reynolds’ work which I found particularly interesting, and … More Postgrads on Reynolds
Discovering G. W. M. Reynolds
October 17, 2018
By Stephen Basdeo When I was completing my undergraduate dissertation on Victorian crime and penny fiction, my supervisor, Prof. Heather Shore, suggested that I look up an author – then unknown to me – named George W. M. Reynolds and his novel entitled The Mysteries of London. In what some might call fate, two days later … More Discovering G. W. M. Reynolds
