A diary she kept during her last few weeks as an Oxford
undergraduate was, she lated judged, rendered tedious by its starry-eyed, over-romantic enumeration of natural and architectural beauties.
Peck, Winifred. A Little Learning; or, A Victorian Childhood. Faber and Faber, 1952.
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Wealth and Poverty
Frances Reynolds
FR
was to all appearances dependent on her brother
for money. He enjoyed the use of his self-made wealth, and commissioned, for instance, a particularly eye-catching carriage, heavily carved and gilded, with the four seasons...
Wealth and Poverty
Elizabeth Elstob
She got as far as renting a house for her school, but it seems that events then overtook her. Since her edition had failed, she had to refund money put up by subscribers, and once...
