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Sadleir's best-known novel was Fanny by Gaslight (1940), a fictional exploration of prostitution in Victorian London. It was adapted under that name as a 1944 film. The 1947 novel Forlorn Sunset further explored the characters of the Victorian London underworld.
Sadleir will be forever commemorated as a scholar-collector- connoisseur of the nineteenth-century novelÑ the greatest such collector there has ever been and, as a by-product, the
Apr 17, 2024 · The Sadleir Collection is generally regarded to be the world’s finest collection of 19th-century British fiction, assembled by the scholar, collector, connoisseur and bibliomaniac Michael Sadleir (1888-1957).
- Caroline Cubé
- 2014
His works include Excursions in Victorian Bibliography (1922) and Nineteenth Century Fiction (2 vols, 1951). His best‐known novel, Fanny by Gaslight (1940), has been made into a film. From: Sadleir, Michael in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ». Subjects: Literature.
Sadleir's best known novel was Fanny by Gaslight (1940), a fictional exploration of prostitution in Victorian London. It was adapted under that name as a 1944 film. The 1947 novel Forlorn Sunset further explored the characters of the Victorian London underworld.
This interest is evident in his best-known novel, Fanny by Gaslight (1940), which was also filmed; set in the 1870s, it tells the story of young Fanny Hooper's experience in London, with strong emphasis on authentic descriptions of parts of the city, and period styles of narrative.
AN EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NINETEENTH CENTURY FICTION WITH OVER 3700 ENTRIES. Sadleir is also known for his full-length study on Anthony Trollope, whose work is featured quite prominently in this text.
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