Glendinning, Victoria. “Speranza: A Leaning Tower of Courage”. Genius in the Drawing-Room, edited by Peter Quennell, Weidenfield and Nicolson, pp. 101-16.
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Wealth and Poverty | Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde | |
Textual Production | Louisa May Alcott | LMA
's writings were often printed serially before their volume publication. Periodicals such as the Atlantic Monthly, the Saturday Evening Gazette, the Christian Union, the Boston Commonwealth, the Flag of our... |
Residence | Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde | Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde
, and her son Willie
decided to move from their home in South Kensington to the better address of 116 Park Street, Mayfair, where they probably paid £200 annually in rent. Glendinning, Victoria. “Speranza: A Leaning Tower of Courage”. Genius in the Drawing-Room, edited by Peter Quennell, Weidenfield and Nicolson, pp. 101-16. 106 Melville, Joy. Mother of Oscar. John Murray. 175 |
Friends, Associates | Alice Meynell | Following her early conquest of Tennyson
, AM
went on to develop a large circle of literary acquaintances. Callers on the Meynells at Palace Court included Irish writer Katharine Tynan
, Aubrey Beardsley
(while he... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde | Jane Francesca Wilde
(Speranza) gave birth to her elder son, named Willie
; he died in 1899 while his brother Oscar
was in prison. Ellmann, Richard. Oscar Wilde. Knopf. 16 Glendinning, Victoria. “Speranza: A Leaning Tower of Courage”. Genius in the Drawing-Room, edited by Peter Quennell, Weidenfield and Nicolson, pp. 101-16. 113 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde | Willie
was also staying there with his second wife, since they had run into financial difficulties. Glendinning, Victoria. “Speranza: A Leaning Tower of Courage”. Genius in the Drawing-Room, edited by Peter Quennell, Weidenfield and Nicolson, pp. 101-16. 112 |
Dedications | Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde | The first edition's dedication to her sons Willie
and Oscar
says: I taught them, no doubt, / That country's a thing one should die for at need. Ellmann, Richard. Oscar Wilde. Knopf. 4-5 |
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