ABSTRACT
In 1833 Henry Fothergill Chorley applied for a position, suggesting £80 as an acceptable yearly wage. Chorley arrived in London on New Year’s day, 1834. He moved into lodgings at 5 Stafford Row, Buckingham Gate, and Pimlico. In Chorley’s later days, strained relationships with other people were so common that it is pleasant to note how during these early energetic years he seemed to enjoy swimming in an almost endlessly extending stream of amicable social relations and friendships which were, at least superficially, cordial. Chorley reviewed literature and music for the journal until 1866, and wrote weekly about music until his retirement in 1868. Chorley’s career as an author of books was off to a good start in 1835. Only a few weeks later appeared his first novel, Conti the Discarded; With Other Tales and Fancies.
