Byron's "corbeau Blanc": The Life and Letters of Lady MelbourneTexas A&M University Press, 1998 - 488 ページ "What famous letters your own are . . . I never saw such traits of discernment, observation of character, knowledge of your own sex, and sly concealment of your knowledge of the foibles of ours," wrote the twenty-four-year-old Lord Byron to Lady Melbourne. More than one hundred previously unpublished letters of Lady Melbourne are included in this scholarly edition which vividly re-creates the late Georgian age. Lady Melbourne's controversial letters to Lord Byron are published in their entirety for the first time, revealing her significant influence on his masterpiece, Don Juan. Long before the famous correspondence between Byron and Lady Melbourne began, she had impressed her own contemporaries as a woman of no small signficance. Married off to the son of a wealthy lawyer, she used her superior education, attention to detail, and business acumen to manage her amiable but dissolute husband's affairs. A leading female agriculturist, she was the Duchess of Devonshire's closest confidante, as well as the mistress of the Prince of Wales (1780–84). At her residence in Piccadilly, she entertained a brilliant company that included Charles James Fox, George Canning, and Charles Grey. A half dozen of the nation's most famous painters executed her portrait in oil, while Sheridan recorded her witty repartee in The School for Scandal. Scholars of the Romantic period will welcome reading these carefully annotated letters written by one of the age's most ambitious and captivating personalities. |
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... Byron , March 25 , 1813 53. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , before May 21 , 1813 54. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , May 21 , 1813 55. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , July 7 , 1813 56. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , August 8 , 1813 57 ...
... Byron , March 25 , 1813 53. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , before May 21 , 1813 54. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , May 21 , 1813 55. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , July 7 , 1813 56. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , August 8 , 1813 57 ...
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... Byron , January 8 , 1815 85. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , January 11 , 1815 86. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , January 11 , 1815 87. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , January 31 , 1815 88. Lady Melbourne to Lady Byron , February 8 , 1815 ...
... Byron , January 8 , 1815 85. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , January 11 , 1815 86. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , January 11 , 1815 87. Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron , January 31 , 1815 88. Lady Melbourne to Lady Byron , February 8 , 1815 ...
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... Byron's letters of January 8 and 11 , 1814 ( LJ 4:20 ; 4:23 ) . Byron was staying at the house of his friend James Wedderburn Webster . Annoyed by his host's boasts about his wife's virtue , which Webster compared to that of Christ ...
... Byron's letters of January 8 and 11 , 1814 ( LJ 4:20 ; 4:23 ) . Byron was staying at the house of his friend James Wedderburn Webster . Annoyed by his host's boasts about his wife's virtue , which Webster compared to that of Christ ...
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