Michael Sadleir (1888–1957)

Author of Fanny by Gaslight

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Includes the names: Michael Sadleir, Sadleir Michael

Disambiguation Notice:

Although this author's birth name was Michael Sadler (without the "i"), and some books may be entered with that form, do not combine Michael Sadler (without an "i") into this page, as there are other authors called Michael Sadler. Use aliasing instead.

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Works by Michael Sadleir

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Fanny by Gaslight (1940) 73 copies, 1 review

Trollope: A Commentary (1927) — Author — 59 copies

Blessington-d'Orsay: A Masquerade (1983) 39 copies

Forlorn sunset (1947) 22 copies

The Evolution of Publisher's Binding Styles, 1770-1900 (1990) 9 copies, 1 review

XIX century fiction : a bibliographical record based on his own collection (2004) 9 copies

The strange life of Lady Blessington (1947) 8 copies, 1 review

Trollope: A Bibliography (1964) — Author — 8 copies

The Northanger novels : a footnote to Jane Austen (1976) 8 copies

Excursions in Victorian bibliography (1974) 7 copies

Bulwer and his wife, etc (1931) 6 copies

Things Past (1944) 6 copies

These Foolish Things (1986) 5 copies

DESOLATE SPLENDOUR 3 copies

Authors and Publishers: A Study in Mutual Esteem (1939) 2 copies

Privilege: a novel of the transition 2 copies

Daumier : the Man and the Artist 2 copies

Collecting "Yellowbacks" (Victorian railway fiction) (Aspects of book-collecting) (1938) 1 copy

XIX Century Fiction, A Bibliographical Record Based on His Own Collection, Volume I (1951) 1 copy

XIX Century Fiction; a Bibliographical Record Based on His Own Collection, Volume 2 (2023) 1 copy

Revelations of Two Celebrated Book Snatchers or, What Victoria Read: The Sadleir Collection 1 copy

The noblest frailty 1 copy

Book collecting : a reader's guide 1 copy

MICHAEL ERNEST SADLER (SIR MICHAEL SADLER K.C.S.I.) 1861-1943: A MEMOIR BY HIS SON. (1949) — Author — 1 copy

Sir Michael Sadler. A Bibliography of His Published Works. (1982) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Northanger Abbey (1817) — Introduction, some editions — 24,931 copies, 459 reviews

Barchester Towers (1857) — Editor, some editions — 5,440 copies, 111 reviews

The Eustace Diamonds (1871) — Introduction, some editions — 2,149 copies, 43 reviews

An Autobiography (1883) — Editor, some editions — 637 copies, 12 reviews

Lewis Carroll: Interviews and Recollections (1989) — Contributor — 8 copies, 1 review

The Oxford Trollope — Editor — 4 copies

The New Decameron: The Fifth Day (1930) — Contributor — 3 copies

The book collector, vol. 5, no. 2 (Summer 1956) (1956) — Contributor — 2 copies

Essays of the year (1929-1930) (1930) — Contributor — 1 copy

Pétain-Laval : the conspiracy — Translator — 1 copy

The book-collector's quarterly, no. X, April-June 1933 (1933) — Contributor — 1 copy

The book-collector's quarterly, no. XVII, April-June 1935 (1935) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Legal name: Sadler, Michael Thomas Harvey (birth name)
Birthdate: 1888-12-25
Date of death: 1957-12-13
Gender: male
Occupations: novelist
book collector
biographer
bibliographer
Relationships: Sadler, Michael Ernest (father)
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: England, UK
Places of residence: Througham Court, Bisley, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Disambiguation notice: Although this author's birth name was Michael Sadler (without the "i"), and some books may be entered with that form, do not combine Michael Sadler (without an "i") into this page, as there are other authors called Michael Sadler. Use aliasing instead.
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

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wealhtheowwylfing 1,848 reviews

The Strange Life of Lady Blessington by Michael Sadleir

This is both the most frustrating and the most entertaining type of history book. Sadleir writes for a small audience of educated people who already know the basic story and personalities of the biography he relates, and so his writing is filled with sly asides and oblique references to later incidents. Moreover, [book: The Strange Life of Lady Blessington] is written in a fanciful, personal and slightly patronizing style: Sadleir writes as though he knows Marguerite Blessington's inner show more thoughts, and writes long, entirely fictional accounts of early moments in her life.

Marguerite Blessington was born Margaret "Sally" Power to a fast-degenerating gentleman in Ireland. After an abusive first marriage at 15 and being Kept for a number of years, she married Lord Blessington and became famous for her salons and brief friendship with Lord Byron. I had never heard of her before reading this book. show less

Feb 29, 2016

wrichard 238 reviews

Fanny by gaslight by Michael Sadleir

Racy book for its time and now seems quaint. Still, an enjoyable story about someone who does not live her life fettered by convention although I am not sure why she doesn't. The story is very big on period detail and I'm sure it is accurate. I especially liked the humorous nickname for Joe Box - Chunks - which I thought sums up the Victorian sense of humour very well.

Jul 29, 2012

chelame 5 reviews

The evolution of publishers binders styles, 1770-1900 by Michael Sadleir