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1 online resource (xvii, 369 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-355) and index. |
| Contents |
List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Portrait; Part I: 1788-1830; 1 The Transformation; 2 Early Married Life; 3 Direction Genoa; 4 Idling in Naples; 5 Friendship, Scandal, and Farewell; 6 Paris: The End of the Beginning; 7 Recovery and Revolution; Part II: 1831-1839; 8 A New Beginning in London; 9 Launching into Literature; 10 Adding an Annual; 11 1834, the Year of Literary Lions; 12 Last Days in Seamore Place; 13 Gore House; 14 Confessions and Victims; 15 Struggling On; Part III: 1840 and Later; 16 On the Edge of the Slope; 17 Fighting Back. |
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18 Still Fighting19 Sliding Down; 20 Finale; 21 After Effects; 22 Presumptions of Posterity; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
This biography of Lady Blessington (1788-1849) illuminates the literary, social, and political history of the post-Romantic, early Victorian period and examines her salon, which was attended by statesmen, writers, and artists who valued her friendship and judgment. She was a prolific author of novels, short stories, poetry, and a memoir, Conversations with Lord Byron, and she also edited influential gift annuals, Heath's Book of Beauty, and The Keepsake. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849.
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Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849. |
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Salons -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
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Salons. |
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England -- London. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Authors, Irish -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Authors, Irish. |
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Biographies.
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Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain. |
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London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. |
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Nobility. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. |
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Intellectual life. |
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France -- Paris. |
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marguerite, Countess of Blessington Newark : University of Delaware Press, 2016. 9781611495911 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2015030470 |
| ISBN |
9781611495928 ebook |
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161149592X |
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9781611495911 cloth : alkaline paper |
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9781611495928 ebook |
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1611495911 |
| Standard No. |
40025682534 |
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