Papers, 1886-1940.

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Papers, 1886-1940.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36437740

Collection contains a variety of Rives' papers including letters from her to publishers concerning corrections in her manuscripts; a handwriteen draft of her poem "The Butterfly's Cousins"; an extract from 'Herod and Miriamne'; a letter discussing her grandfather, William Cabell Rives; other letters discussing her works and a photograph of her.

22 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7379986

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Rives, Amélie 1863-1945

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Amélie Rives was born into an aristocratic Virginia family, and exhibited precocious writing talent. As a young writer, she published The Quick or the Dead?, which became a controversial bestseller; modernists derided the naive plot and theme, while traditional romanticists were scandalized by the sensual content. After a short marriage to Virginia lawyer John Armstrong Chanler ended, she met and married exiled Russian painter Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy and led a privileged life in America and E...