Charles L. Webster and Company
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Charles L. Webster and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm founded by Mark Twain to publish his own works and those of other authors.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
defunct company
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publishing company → |
| associatedWith |
Gilded Age American publishing
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| businessModel |
subscription publishing
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| country |
United States of America
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| dissolved |
1894
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| distributionMethod |
door-to-door subscription sales
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| era |
19th century
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| financialStatusAtEnd |
bankrupt
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| foundedAs |
vehicle for Mark Twain’s self-publishing
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| foundedBy |
Mark Twain
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens → |
| genreFocus |
American literature
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humor → memoirs → |
| hasKeyPerson |
Charles L. Webster
NERFINISHED
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Mark Twain → |
| hasNotablePublicationType |
two-volume subscription sets
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| headquartersLocation |
New York
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New York City → United States of America → |
| historicalSignificance |
example of 19th-century American subscription publishing firm
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| impact |
financial losses contributing to Mark Twain’s debt
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significant commercial success with Grant’s Memoirs → |
| inception |
1884
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| industry |
publishing
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| languageOfWork |
English
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| legalForm |
private company
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| marketRegion |
United States
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| namedAfter |
Charles L. Webster
NERFINISHED
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| notableFor |
publishing The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
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publishing major works of Mark Twain → |
| ownedBy |
Mark Twain
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| publishedAuthor |
Mark Twain
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens → Ulysses S. Grant → |
| publishedWork |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn → The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant → |
| purpose |
to publish works by Mark Twain
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to publish works by other authors → |
| reasonForDissolution |
financial difficulties
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| relationshipToFounder |
personally controlled by Mark Twain
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| successor |
American Publishing Company
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| timePeriod |
Gilded Age
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| usedSalesForceType |
commissioned book agents
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant ("Charles L. Webster & Company") → The Awakening ("Herbert S. Stone & Company") → |
publisher |
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Tom Sawyer Abroad
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originalPublisher |
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Aunt Sally Phelps
("Charles L. Webster and Company (US, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)")
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publisherOfWork |