qtd. in
Farrell, John P. “Toward a New History of Fiction: The Wolff Collection and the Example of Mrs. Gore”. The Library Chronicle of the University of Texas at Austin, Vol.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Intertextuality and Influence | Catherine Gore | In an extraordinary passage near the end of the book, Cecil lists a number of people who might, if they could only work together, revolutionize the country. |
| Education | Stella Gibbons | SG
learned to read fairly late, but then read voraciously. The glowing Eastern landscapes and brilliant figures qtd. in Oliver, Reggie. Out of the Woodshed: A Portrait of Stella Gibbons. Bloomsbury, 1998. 20 |
| names | Violet Fane |
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| Textual Production | Violet Fane | She took her pseudonym from Benjamin Disraeli
's Vivian Grey, as she explains herself in her essay Are Remarkable People Remarkable-Looking? (An Extravaganza) She there writes that Lord Beaconsfield had spoken of me as... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | George Eliot | On 11 February 1848 GE
discusses in a letter to John Sibree
her views on Hannah More
(once admired, now detested as exemplifying the bluestocking woman on display as a kind of freak), Benjamin Disraeli |
| Family and Intimate relationships | May Edginton | Francis Baily
was a novelist and one-time editor of Royal Magazine. It was in the context of the magazine that they met, as ME
was one of its contributors. Baily was the author from... |
| Friends, Associates | Camilla Crosland | Her work for the annuals led to her connection with Lady Blessington
and her niece Marguerite Power
. Despite the disapproval of other friends she was a regular visitor to Blessington's home, Gore House... |
| Occupation | John Wilson Croker | He was caricatured in works by Benjamin Disraeli
,Thomas Love Peacock
, Sydney Morgan herself, and her sister Olivia Clarke
. While the story that he caused the death of Keats is long since... |
| Education | Agatha Christie | By the time Agatha was born, Clara Miller
believed that girls ought not to learn to read before the age of eight. Defiantly, Agatha taught herself to read at five. She eagerly devoured Lewis Carroll |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Agatha Christie | |
| Fictionalization | Augusta Ada Byron | AAB
has appeared as a central character in numerous literary works ranging from Disraeli
's novel Venetia, 1837, to Arthur C. Clarke
's The Ghost from the Grand Banks, 1990. In the world... |
| Reception | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | The second of four early dramatic adaptations of Aurora Floyd, this one by Benjamin Webster
, opened. Weak copyright law meant MEB
received nothing for the many pirated versions of her books that were... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Boyle | MB
met Lord Derby
and Benjamin Disraeli
at Burghley House in Stamford, when, despite their repeal four years earlier, the strife over the Corn Laws was still raging. Boyle, Mary. Mary Boyle. Her Book. Editor Boyle, Sir Courtenay Edmund, E. P. Dutton; John Murray, 1902. 247 |
| Textual Production | Annie Besant | She had, she wrote, resolved that my first public lecture should be on behalf of my own sex. This motivated her choice of theme. qtd. in Wallraven, Miriam. “’A Mere Instrument’ or ’Proud as Lucifer’? Self-Presentations in the Occult Autobiographies by Emma Hardinge Britten (1900) and Annie Besant (1893)”. Women’s Writing, Vol. 15 , No. 3, Dec. 2008, pp. 390-11. 400 |
| Education | Isabella Banks | Her education was supplemented both by a good home library and by her parents' wide cultural circle. She led a lively social life in Manchester, attending Anti-Corn Law League bazaars, and soirées at the Manchester Athenæum |
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