Belford, Barbara. Violet. Simon and Schuster, 1990.
71, 86
Oswald Crawfurd
Standard Name: Crawfurd, Oswald
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Hunt | |
| Health | Violet Hunt | VH
contracted syphilis from Crawfurd
. She began showing symptoms as early as 1893, when she complained of spots on her face. Not properly diagnosed until August 1936, she was by then in the tertiary... |
| Textual Features | Violet Hunt | In March 1910 this journal printed her story The Novelist's Revenge, an exploration both of the end of her own affair with Oswald Crawfurd
and of the broader difficulties (personal and social) faced by... |
| Textual Features | Violet Hunt | A highly autobiographical novel, Sooner or Later was influenced by VH
's affair with diplomat and publisher Oswald Crawfurd
. In the text, Rosette Newall initiates an affair with Robert Assheton, a charming but heavily... |
| Travel | Violet Hunt | Ultimately, the affair deteriorated to the point where Crawfurd
stopped paying for Hunt's flat and she went to Paris to visit her friend Agnes Farley
. Belford, Barbara. Violet. Simon and Schuster, 1990. 109 |
| Violence | Violet Hunt | Crawfurd
soon became physically and psychologically abusive. He once split the dress and ripped the coat off Hunt's back; during another argument he screamed, [y]ou don't know men. . . . You are a weak... |
Timeline
6 February 1891: Black and White; a weekly illustrated record...
Writing climate item
6 February 1891
Black and White; a weekly illustrated record and review was launched in London.
North, John S., editor. The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900. http://www.victorianperiodicals.com/series2/defaultLoggedIn.asp.
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