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Distributed for The Grolier Club

The World of Letitia Elizabeth Landon

A literary celebrity of the 1830s

A catalogue published to accompany the exhibition held at The Grolier Club, rediscovering the legacy of one of the earliest and most distinct voices among the Victorian women authors.

80 pages | 30 | 8 x 11 | © 2011

Biography and Letters

Library Science and Publishing: Publishing

Literature and Literary Criticism: British and Irish Literature


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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements / The world of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, A Literary Celebrity of the 1830s / I. Early Years / II. Literary Beginnings / III. A Best-Seller of 1824 / Leo of Salons / V. Visits to Yorkshire / VI. The Novelist / VII. Literary Life / VIII. Summer in Paris / IX. Two Engagements / X. Marriage and Africa / Catalogue of the Exhibition / Notes / Bibliography / Index

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