HarperCollins Publishers

Periodicals: Harper’s Weekly, Harper’s New Monthly and Harper’s Bazaar

The Harper brothers consistently sought ways to reach more readers with less expensive publications, and in 1850 they revolutionized the concept of the modern literary magazine with Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. More

George Eliot

Mary Anne Evans, born in 1819, led a turbulent life that often broke with Victorian social norms. More

1895: Mark Twain signs an exclusive contract with Harper & Brothers

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Mark Twain signs an exclusive contract with Harper & Brothers, which serializes Joan of Arc in its periodicals and publishes it as a book one year later. More

The Complete Works of Mark Twain: Authorized Edition

Twain worked directly with Harper & Brothers to produce this authorized edition of his works. More

1871: Harper’s Weekly serializes Middlemarch by Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot)

Harper’s Weekly serializes Middlemarch by Mary Ann Evans, who worked under the male pseudonym George Eliot. More

1850: Harper’s New Monthly Magazine launches

Cover: Harper's New Monthly Magazine. No 1 June, 1850, Proce 25 Cents. Published by Harpers & Brothers, 82 Cliff Street, New York. Sold by the trade generally.

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine launches in June, serializing Charles Dickens’s Bleak House, as well as then unknown authors Herman Melville and Mark Twain. More

Middlemarch

Ranked number one in a 2015 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British novels. More

Mark Twain

In 1866, with mostly newspaper articles and other short works to his name, Mark Twain accepted an assignment from the Sacramento Union to produce a weekly column from Hawaii. More

Tales of the City

First book in Maupin’s acclaimed and groundbreaking series documenting San Francisco’s underground and gay culture. More

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