Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Rhoda Broughton | RB
's vitality, sincerity, and pungent wit gained her the friendship of some of the most notable people of her day. |
| Friends, Associates | Rhoda Broughton | The Times obituary (which was accompanied by an editorial) commented that Broughton herself was more entertaining than her novels, filling her social role far more brilliantly than any of her Joans or Nancies or Belindas... |
| Friends, Associates | Charlotte Brontë | Numerous friends and acquaintances of CB
wrote tributes or obituaries which initiated the legend of the Brontës and Charlotte in particular: Harriet Martineau
in the Daily News on April 6; Matthew Arnold
in a short... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Emily Brontë | |
| Textual Production | Lilian Bowes Lyon | LBL
's first book was a novel, The Buried Stream, titled from a line by Matthew Arnold
. Another novel, The Spreading Tree, 1931, published as by D.J. Cotman, has been ascribed to her. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Occupation | Mary Frances Billington | MFB
was earning enough from her career in journalism to be able to support herself by her late teens. She established herself as a successful writer and editor for national dailies and a career journalist... |
| Residence | Mary Anne Barker | MAB
and her husband, Frederick Broome
, called their cottage at the sheep station, from their own name, Broomielaw. It stood in the Malvern Hills on the banks of the Selwyn River, attached... |
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