“Dickens was born in 1812 and died in 1870, having produced fifteen novels, many of which can confidently be called great, as well as having accomplished outstanding work in activities into which his insatiable need to expend his vast energies - to achieve, to prevail - carried him: journalism, editing, acting, social reform.”

American writer and editor

Robert Adams Gottlieb was an American writer and editor. He served as editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf, and The New Yorker. Gottlieb shaped some of the most influential publishing and magazine institutions in the United States. His career was centered on editing, and his name is associated with work in book publishing and magazine journalism.