Newcomer, James. Lady Morgan the Novelist. Bucknell University Press and Associated University Presses, 1990.
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Mary Campbell
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Standard Name: Campbell, Mary,, 1917 - 2002
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan | Sydney Owenson
was born: probably in Dublin although possibly, with happy symbolism, on board ship crossing the Irish Sea. The exact birthdate remains uncertain: throughout her life she was reticent about her age. |
| Friends, Associates | Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan | Sydney Owenson
—already famous for her writing—lived with the wealthy and fashionable Marquess
and Marchioness of Abercorn
. G. E. Cokayne
's Complete Peerage gives the marchioness's name as Anne Jane; biographer Mary Campbell
gives... |
| Literary responses | Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan | Reviewers did not attack Morgan on their old political grounds, since events were clearly moving towards an outcome not unlike what she had supported. Instead they attacked the book's morality. The Literary Gazette intoned, we... |
| Literary responses | Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan | Professionally, Morgan was a notable success. She was a canny businesswoman, never afraid to assert herself against an established publisher or seek out a new one. This paid off in a remarkable level of earnings... |
| Reception | Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan | Lord Melbourne
offered Sydney, Lady Morgan
, a Crown pension of three hundred pounds a year; she gladly accepted. She had been a close and supportive friend of Melbourne's first wife, Lady Caroline Lamb
... |
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