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Lady Caroline Lamb

 

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Lady Caroline Lamb : Glenarvon

Byron to Samuel Rogers, 29 July 1816: 'I have read "Glenarvon" ... & have also seen Ben. Constant's Adolphe ... a work which leaves an unpleasant impression ...'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon Lord Byron      Print: Book

  

Lady Caroline Lamb : Glenarvon

Byron to Thomas Moore, 17 November 1816: 'By the way, I suppose you have seen "Glenarvon". Madame de Stael lent it to me to read from Copet last autumn. It seems to me that if the authoress had written the truth ... the romance would not only have been more romantic, but more entertaining.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon Lord Byron      Print: Book

  

Lady Caroline Lamb : Ada Reis

'I must tell you an act of kindness of William Lamb--he has been looking over and correcting Ada Reis for me'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: William Lamb      Manuscript: Unknown, William Lamb would have read either fair copies or proofs from the printer.

  

Lady Caroline Lamb : Graham Hamilton

'Thank you for being pleased with your visit and not displeased with Graham [Hamilton]'.

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Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: William Godwin      Manuscript: Unknown

  

Lady Caroline Lamb : [letters and verses]

'I must tell you that Lord Byron said Mrs Lee [Augusta Leigh?] & Lady Byron had read all my letters [and] verses'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Augusta Leigh      Manuscript: Unknown

  

Lady Caroline Lamb : [letters and verses]

'I must tell you that Lord Byron said Mrs Lee [Augusta Leigh?] & Lady Byron had read all my letters [and] verses'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Annabella Byron (n?e Milbanke)      Manuscript: Unknown

  

Lady Caroline Lamb : Ada Reis

William Lamb to John Murray, 20 December 1822: 'The incongruity of, and objections to, the story of "Ada Reis" can only be got over by power of writing, beauty of sentiment, striking and effective situation, &c. [...] Mr. [William] Gifford [Murray's reader], I dare say, will agree with me that since the time of Lucian all the representations of the infernal regions, which have been attempted by satirical writers, such as Fielding's "Journey from this World to the Next," have been feeble and flat. The sketch in "Ada Reis" is commonplace in its observations and altogether insufficient [...] I think, if it were thought that anything could be done with the novel, and that the faults of its design and structure can be got over, that I could put her [i.e Lady Caroline Lamb] in the way of writing up this part a little, and giving it something of strength, spirit, and novelty, and making it at once more moral and more interesting. I wish you would communicate these my hasty suggestions to Mr. Gifford, and he will see the propriety of pressing Lady Caroline to take a little more time to this part of the novel. She will be guided by his authority, and her fault at present is to be too hasty and too impatient of the trouble of correcting and recasting what is faulty.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: The Hon. William Lamb      Manuscript: Unknown

 

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