One of the last postponements, in spring 1796, resulted from the illness of Sarah Siddons, who was to star in it along with her brothers.
Lee, Sophia. “Introduction”. The Recess, edited by April Alliston, University Press of Kentucky, p. ix - lii.
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It had a prologue and epilogue by Harriet Lee
Occupation
Sophia Lee
Sophia
, Harriet
, and Anna Lee
retired from their school at the end of the 1802-3 school year.
Lee, Sophia. “Introduction”. The Recess, edited by April Alliston, University Press of Kentucky, p. ix - lii.
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Intertextuality and Influence
Mary Lamb
M. B.'s purpose in story-telling is not moral improvement but making little girls feel better (the youngest is seven): cheering them up since, newly sent to boarding school, they are crying for home; alleviating their...