Constable & Robinson
imprint of Little, Brown which publishes fiction
Constable & Robinson Ltd. is a British book publisher. It serves as an imprint of Little, Brown, under Hachette Livre and publishes fiction and non-fiction books in physical and ebook format. Constable & Robinson also publishes a non-fiction list including current affairs, history and biography, humour and psychology, as well as crime fiction, and literary fiction in both hardback and paperback. Best known are the longstanding Mammoth paperback list of anthologies and collections, self-help and practical titles such as Right Way, and the history series of Brief Guides and Brief Histories. The company also publishes the Agatha Raisin series in the UK.
History
Constable & Co. was founded in 1795 in Edinburgh, Scotland by Archibald Constable, and became the publisher of works by prominent authors such as Sir Walter Scott, Henry James, Elizabeth Bowen, George Bernard Shaw and Bram Stoker. Constable rose to prominence with Sir Walter Scott's work, as the authors works became hugely popular in the Victorian era, including the poem Marmion. From 1895 to 1897 Bram Stoker published three books with the company (The Watter's Mou', The Shoulder of Shasta, Dracula).
In 1827, following the death of his father, Thomas Constable took over the company.
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