FR
denied that she knew Latin, yet she used Latin tags in her letters. As an adult she worked persistently at self-education. Her commonplace-book contains her reading notes on Plato
, Aristotle
, Pliny
,...
Education
Joan Riley
As a young child in Jamaica, JR
says she found escape from the harsh realities of her life on the shelves of the local library. Reading whatever was available, she ranged from Shakespeare
to...
