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Literary responses | John Oliver Hobbes | More recently, Margaret Maison
characterised The School For Saints as a strange mixture of Disraeli
, Hardy
, Ouida
, and Meredith
. . . and there are even echoes of the old bigamy novels... |
Reception | John Oliver Hobbes | The New York Times reported in 1902 that on the strength of The School For Saints, JOH
had been asked to write a biography of Benjamin Disraeli
. If she began this project, she... |
Intertextuality and Influence | John Oliver Hobbes | She had been still writing it in the USA and after her return to London at the beginning of this year after its serialization had begun. Richards, John Morgan, and John Oliver Hobbes. “Pearl Richards Craigie: Biographical Sketch by her Father”. The Life of John Oliver Hobbes, J. Murray. 33-4 |
Reception | Janet Hamilton | In 1868 a petition to Benjamin Disraeli
on behalf of JH
resulted in an award of £50 from the Royal Bounty Fund. She also received a visit from a son—or possibly a general—of Italian unification... |
Friends, Associates | Charlotte Guest | CG
's friends included Benjamin Disraeli
(with whom she shared poetical enthusiasms before her first marriage), and her cousin Henry Layard
, who became famous as an archaeologist (the discoverer of ancient Nineveh) and who... |
Fictionalization | Charlotte Guest | Lady CG
's friend Benjamin Disraeli
portrayed her in her unmarried youth in Sybil, 1845, as Lady Joan Fitz Warene, who is not quite beautiful but intellectually brilliant. Obey, Erica. The <span data-tei-ns-tag="">Wunderkammer</span> of Lady Charlotte Guest. Lehigh University Press. 28 |
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. 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. 37 , pp. 28-37. 36 |
Education | Stella Gibbons | SG
learned to read fairly late, but then read voraciously. The glowing Eastern landscapes and brilliant figures Oliver, Reggie. Out of the Woodshed: A Portrait of Stella Gibbons. Bloomsbury. 20 |
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 |
Occupation | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, first Earl Lytton | His first task was to organize the celebrations on New Year's Day 1877 for Queen Victoria
's proclamation as Empress of India. The rest of his time as Viceroy was quite controversial. His policy towards... |
Occupation | Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton | Bulwer
served as an independent radical Member of Parliament, who in 1832 reformed himself out of a seat. Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press. |
Friends, Associates | Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton | His friends included Benjamin Disraeli
, Charles Dickens
, John Forster
, and Thomas Babington Macaulay
. Later in life he conducted a long, mentoring friendship by letter with Mary Elizabeth Braddon
. He also... |
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... |
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