Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918.
William Frend
Standard Name: Frend, William
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Instructor | Augusta Ada Byron | Lady Byron employed a number of governesses to educate the young AAB
at their various country homes. From the age of five Ada received full-time instruction in arithmetic, grammar, spelling, reading, music, geography, drawing, and... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Harriet Corp | HC
applied (with a letter of recommendation from William Frend
) for financial help to the Royal Literary Fund
. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Hays | Her relationship with him had not been approved by her family since the young people had nothing much between them to live on. It had been fed by illicit correspondence, but MH
had striven to... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Hays | Among her early mentors MH
numbered Robert Robinson
, William Frend
(whose friendship she owed to her first book publication), and George Dyer
. Kelly, Gary. Women, Writing, and Revolution 1790-1827. Clarendon. 82 |
| Literary responses | Mary Hays | The response of reviewers was favourable. The Critical praised MH
for advantageously combining masculine and feminine qualities. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 2nd ser. 4 (1792): 231 |
| Literary responses | Mary Hays | William Frend
had read the work in manuscript and been much pleased, though he took the liberty of suggesting a few revisions. Hays, Mary. The Correspondence (1779-1843) of Mary Hays, British Novelist. Editor Brooks, Marilyn, Edwin Mellen. 244 |
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