Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828

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Dates:
Birth 1785-11-13
Death 1828-01-26
Britons,
French, English,

Biographical notes:

English novelist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Rosina [Lady Lytton], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871221

Lady Caroline Lamb, English novelist.

From the description of Lady Caroline Lamb manuscript material : 48 items, 1815-1828 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 707758437

British writer.

From the description of Sketch, ca. 1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79211312

Caroline Lamb was born into an aristocratic English family, and raised by her aunt, the Duchess of Devonshire. Unconvential, headstrong, and histrionic, the adolescent Caroline was allowed to run wild, at the expense of formal education. Her marriage to Viscount Melbourne--future Prime Minister--was long-lived but troubled. Her brief but intense affair with Lord Byron led to extreme and often public action on her part, especially after Byron ended the affair. Caroline's revenge, her novel Glenarvon, was a barely disguised record of the affair and a scandalous portrayal of Byron.

From the description of Caroline Lamb letter to Jos. Lancaster, 1815. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 55944441

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Subjects:

  • English poetry
  • French poetry
  • Letters
  • Nobility
  • Novelists, English

Occupations:

  • Artists

Places:

  • England (as recorded)

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