This novel soon went through four editions, but readers included the disapproving as well as the fascinated. Hester Thrale
roundly pronounced it obscene; the Gentleman's Magazine agreed, though less outspokenly.
Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. HarperCollins, 1998.
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Both the Critical and...
Reception
Robert Southey
RS
was appointed Poet Laureate on the death of Henry James Pye
.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Textual Production
Eliza Kirkham Mathews
If the original she worked from was Adelaide by H. J. Pye
(the only likely candidate for this date), it stood to benefit from revision. EKM
may have done a good deal more theatrical hack-work...
Textual Production
Elizabeth Griffith
On stage, Kitty Clive
took the part of the heroine's aunt, who nearly ruins Harriet's life by pushing her into an unsuitable marriage. Harriet accepts the blame although she has never really been an agent...
