L. E. L.

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LEL was one of the most prolific and popular authors of her day. She produced an immense corpus of poetry, several works of fiction (the first a particularly striking silver fork novel), and considerable review and editorial work. Her work more than any other popularized the persona of the lovelorn, doomed poetess in the early nineteenth century.
Black and white photograph of a three-quarter length drawing of L.E.L. in chalk and pencil by Daniel Maclise, early 1830s. She is wearing a white dress whose wasp waist is accentuated by a broad belt, large billowing skirt and upper sleeves, and high standaway collar. Her dark, shining hair is centre-parted and pulled back, with tiny kiss-curls below and a tall, plaited arrangement above. Her expression is languishing. National Portrait Gallery.

Milestones

14 August 1802
Letitia Elizabeth Landon, who later wrote as LEL , was born at 25 Hans Place, Chelsea, near London, the first of three children.
L. E. L.,. “Critical Materials”. Letitia Elizabeth Landon: Selected Writings, edited by Jerome McGann and Daniel Riess, Broadview, 1997, p. various pages.
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Stephenson, Glennis. Letitia Landon: The Woman Behind L.E.L. Manchester University Press, 1995.
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11 March 1820
Eighteen-year-old Letitia Landon 's first poem, Rome, was published in the Literary Gazette, signed L.
L. E. L.,. “Critical Materials”. Letitia Elizabeth Landon: Selected Writings, edited by Jerome McGann and Daniel Riess, Broadview, 1997, p. various pages.
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Stephenson, Glennis. Letitia Landon: The Woman Behind L.E.L. Manchester University Press, 1995.
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15 October 1838
Less than two months after arriving in Africa and only four after her wedding, LEL was discovered lying lifeless in her room, in what seemed to be suspicious circumstances.
L. E. L.,. “Critical Materials”. Letitia Elizabeth Landon: Selected Writings, edited by Jerome McGann and Daniel Riess, Broadview, 1997, p. various pages.
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Stephenson, Glennis. Letitia Landon: The Woman Behind L.E.L. Manchester University Press, 1995.
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1842
A novel entitled Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances was published, said to have been left unfinished by L.E.L. (the late Mrs. MacLean)
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and concluded by the friend who then saw it through the press.
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Biography

Birth and Family

14 August 1802
Letitia Elizabeth Landon, who later wrote as LEL , was born at 25 Hans Place, Chelsea, near London, the first of three children.
L. E. L.,. “Critical Materials”. Letitia Elizabeth Landon: Selected Writings, edited by Jerome McGann and Daniel Riess, Broadview, 1997, p. various pages.
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Stephenson, Glennis. Letitia Landon: The Woman Behind L.E.L. Manchester University Press, 1995.
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