CM
and her niece L. E. (Lucy) O'Rorke
collaborated over the publication of The Prince
's Return through J. Nisbet and Co.
Lucy identified herself by her initials, CM
as the Author of The Prince...
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Caroline Norton
For epigraph she chose a quotation from her friend Sidney Herbert
, calling for better communication between different social ranks. Employing Spenser
ian stanzas (CN
listed The Faerie Queene among her favourite poems), the...
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Eliza Cook
She alludes to the flattering welcome her previous collection had received.
Cook, Eliza. Poems. Simpkin, Marshall, 1845.
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A good portion of her preface is taken up with responding to gendered criticism of her work: I have been told that I...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The ODNB notes that the early stories in particular are sharply critical of official incompetence and aristocratic privilege.A Scandal in Bohemia hints at the well-concealed love-life of the Prince of Wales
. Characters of...
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Following her husband's retirement, MEB
and her family spent significant time abroad, moving in high society in Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, and Cannes, where they mixed with aristocrats including the Prince of Wales
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John Oliver Hobbes
JOH
travelled extensively, often in her role as a now-famous author. She had first revisited the United States, after leaving it as a baby, in May 1886.
Richards, John Morgan, and John Oliver Hobbes. “Pearl Richards Craigie: Biographical Sketch by her Father”. The Life of John Oliver Hobbes, J. Murray, 1911.
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She saw much of England and...
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Violet Trefusis
After the Berlitz School
, Violet was given a trip to Spain for her fifteenth birthday. Then, following the King
's death on 6 May 1910, Mrs Keppel announced that the family would travel to...