qtd. in
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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death | Catherine Crowe | CC
died of what was called a natural decay qtd. in Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989. Various sources, including Adeline Sergeant
and the old Dictionary of National... |
Friends, Associates | Ménie Muriel Dowie | As a public literary figure MMD
moved amongst the major writers of her day. At the Women Writers' Dinner of the New Vagabonds Club
in June 1895, she spoke alongside Adeline Sergeant
, Christabel Coleridge |
Literary responses | Caroline Clive | According to Geraldine Jewsbury
in the Athenæum, the author loves to play with sharp tools, but the sword of Justice proves itself too heavy for her handling. qtd. in Partridge, Eric Honeywood. “Mrs. Archer Clive”. Literary Sessions, Scholartis Press, 1932. 125 |
Literary responses | Caroline Clive | This novel seems to have divided the critics. Geraldine Jewsbury
's Athenæum review declared that it had no story to tell, and none is told, and wondered why the book should have been sent out... |
Literary responses | Catherine Crowe | According to critic Adeline Sergeant
, this play showed considerable ability and was well regarded by the critics. Oliphant, Margaret et al. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria’s Reign. Hurst and Blackett, 1897. 151-2 |
Literary responses | Catherine Crowe | This book received mixed reviews. The Athenæum referred to the volumes as awful (presumably meaning that they inspired awe) and noted that the narrative part of [them] is very well done. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1056 (1848): 79 |
Literary responses | Catherine Crowe | The Athenæum felt that this work showed good morals together with CC
's well-known neatness of carpentry. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1102 (1848): 1236 Oliphant, Margaret et al. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria’s Reign. Hurst and Blackett, 1897. 153-4 |
Literary responses | Ellen Wood | In her discussion of EW
's works in 1897, Adeline Sergeant
argued that East Lynne's popularity was understandable on account of its touching and striking story, and (although she went on to criticise its... |
Literary responses | Ellen Wood | Later on, however, Adeline Sergeant
pointed out a more humorous element Oliphant, Margaret et al. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria’s Reign. Hurst and Blackett, 1897. 184 |
Literary responses | Ellen Wood | |
Reception | Catherine Crowe | CC
's works were quickly made available in cheap editions, fit for the perusal of all classes. qtd. in Schlueter, Paul, and June Schlueter, editors. An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers. Garland, 1988. |
Reception | Catherine Crowe | Sergeant
also claimed (despite the undeniable melodramatic element in CC
's fiction) that it heralded the advent of a new kind of fiction: a kind which has been, perhaps more than any other, characteristic of... |
Textual Features | Catherine Crowe | These are partly imaginary and partly historical accounts of celebrated criminals, some whose crimes were so numerous that they themselves forgot the number of their victims. Oliphant, Margaret et al. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria’s Reign. Hurst and Blackett, 1897. 154 |
Textual Production | Jan Morris | More than a decade later, in 1978, JM
followed her own portrait of Oxford by editing The Oxford Book of Oxford, a quirky anthology of often very short anecdotes and other excerpts, aimed less... |
Textual Production | May Crommelin | The collaborators included Julia Frankau
, Clotilde Graves
, Margaret Hungerford
, Helen Mathers
, Florence Marryat
, Adeline Sergeant
, Tasma
, Frances Eleanor Trollope
, Conan Doyle
, and Bram Stoker
. The... |