Warner, Marina, Mildred Cable, and Francesca French. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, 1987, p. xi - xxi.
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Alexander William Kinglake
Standard Name: Kinglake, Alexander William
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|---|---|---|
| Fictionalization | Lucie Duff Gordon | LDG
was an inspiration to several of her literary peers. George Meredith
probably had her in mind in drawing his character Lady Dunstane in Diana of the Crossways. (His Lady Dunstane is a close... |
| Friends, Associates | Caroline Norton | In the mid-1840s CN
acquired some new friends: biographer John Gibson Lockhart
, author Alexander William Kinglake
, rising young statesman Sidney Herbert
(direct descendant of the Countess of Pembroke
), and the intellectual translator... |
| Friends, Associates | Violet Fane | VF
made her mark on London's social life. She knew Robert Browning
, Algernon Swinburne
, Alexander William Kinglake
, Alfred Austin
, the Duchess of Argyll
, James McNeil Whistler
, and Lillie Langtry |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Jan Morris | When in the army and stationed at the international and cultural crossroads which was Palestine, Morris developed a strong interest in travel-writing and was drawn to three books in particular: Travels in Arabia Deserta... |
| Literary responses | Mildred Cable | In its first four years, the book went through nine editions. |
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