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Language
en
Duration
~14 hours (830K characters)
Release date
2000-02-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1833–1919
A major Victorian publisher, he helped shape the literary world through Smith, Elder & Co. and later founded the Dictionary of National Biography. He also worked closely with writers including Charlotte Brontë, whose letters he edited after her death.
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