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Samuel Laman Blanchard : Life and Literary Remains of L.E.L.

Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 20 June 1841: 'I have been reading Blanchard's life of poor L.E.L. [...] The book is to me deeply affecting. She was a fine creature thrown away'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Russell Mitford      Print: Book

Samuel Laman Blanchard : Life and Literary Remains of L.E.L.

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 22 July 1844: 'I have been reading for the second time, that interesting memoir of Mrs Hemans by Mr Chorley -- full of interest certainly. Still I stand by my position, that she was too conventionally a [italics]lady[end italics], to be a great poetess [...] I took up Blanchard's memoir of LEL just after Mr Chorley's book, & was struck by an undeniable vulgarity spreading all the way through it, in obvious contrast to the refinement of the other work.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett      Print: Book

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