Boyle, Mary. Mary Boyle. Her Book. Editor Boyle, Sir Courtenay Edmund, E. P. Dutton; John Murray.
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| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | John Wilson Croker | He was caricatured in works by Benjamin Disraeli
,Thomas Love Peacock
, Sydney Morgan herself, and her sister Olivia Clarke
. While the story that he caused the death of Keats is long since... |
| Education | Agatha Christie | By the time Agatha was born, Clara Miller
believed that girls ought not to learn to read before the age of eight. Defiantly, Agatha taught herself to read at five. She eagerly devoured Lewis Carroll |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Agatha Christie | |
| Fictionalization | Augusta Ada Byron | AAB
has appeared as a central character in numerous literary works ranging from Disraeli
's novel Venetia, 1837, to Arthur C. Clarke
's The Ghost from the Grand Banks, 1990. In the world... |
| Reception | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | The second of four early dramatic adaptations of Aurora Floyd, this one by Benjamin Webster
, opened. Weak copyright law meant MEB
received nothing for the many pirated versions of her books that were... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Boyle | MB
met Lord Derby
and Benjamin Disraeli
at Burghley House in Stamford, when, despite their repeal four years earlier, the strife over the Corn Laws was still raging. |
| Textual Production | Annie Besant | She had, she wrote, resolved that my first public lecture should be on behalf of my own sex. This motivated her choice of theme. Wallraven, Miriam. “’A Mere Instrument’ or ’Proud as Lucifer’? Self-Presentations in the Occult Autobiographies by Emma Hardinge Britten (1900) and Annie Besant (1893)”. Women’s Writing, Vol. 15 , No. 3, pp. 390-11. 400 |
| Education | Isabella Banks | Her education was supplemented both by a good home library and by her parents' wide cultural circle. She led a lively social life in Manchester, attending Anti-Corn Law League bazaars, and soirées at the Manchester Athenæum |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Beryl Bainbridge | The book, according to BB
's preface, focused on the expectations and attitudes of six families, three in the North and three in the South. Bainbridge, Beryl. Forever England: North and South. Duckworth; BBC. 9 Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
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