Publishers US: [Random House US - Sarah Miles - authorship]

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Series[UMA-SRE-20140052] CORRESPONDENCE WITH PUBLISHERSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014005200074Scope and ContentContains: Correspondence concerning claim by Ian King, an Edinburgh antiquarian bookseller, that the novel Miss Miles was written by Charlotte Bronte, not Mary Taylor. Random House bought the English language rights in 1996 for $250,000 and Greer was one of the experts commissioned to assess the case made by Ian King. Includes typescript of "Introduction to Sarah Miles" by Ian King, extracts from Miss Miles, and appendix, all with comments and annotations by Greer; letter to Harry Evans detailing reasons for GG's opinion that the novel is not by Charlotte Bronte. Also contains faxed press clippings on "Bronte row". Correspondents: Germaine Greer; Carol Horne (for Germaine Greer); Kevin McMuningal, BBC Scotland; Harold Evans, Random House; Emma Parry, Aitken & Stone; Giles Gordon, Curtis Brown. Subjects: Authors and Publishers; Women authors; English literature--History and criticismAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0052 Unit 0005

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date19 May 1996-5 August 1996

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Publishers US: [Random House US - Sarah Miles - authorship]