The Spinster & The Prophet ( H.G. Wells Plagiarist ?) - eBay Modern History, History, Nonfiction Books, Books. (end time 25-Jan-10 00:03:55 AEDST)

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Format:	Hardcover	Publication Year:	1991
Subject:	History	Special Attributes:	--
	History By Country	Language:	English
	Australia	Condition:	Used

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The spinster and the Prophet :

A tale of H.G. Wells, plagiarism and the history of the world

By A B McKillop

H.G. Wells, the prolific novelist and social prophet, had a way with words, and usually he had his way with women – until he encountered the determined Toronto spinster Florence Deeks. In 1925 Miss Deeks launched a $500,000 lawsuit against Wells, claiming that, in an act of “literary piracy”, H.G.Wells had plagiarised her manuscript in the writing of his international best-seller The Outline of History. Thus began one of the most sensational cases in publishing and legal history….

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Aurum Press Date Published: 2001-02-22

ISBN-13: 9781854107572 ISBN: 1854107577

Description: New. New, unread, unused and in perfect condition no remainder mark.

B/W photo section 477pp

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