Autograph letter signed from Mary Maxwell, London, to unidentified recipient, 19th or 20th century August 17.

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Autograph letter signed from Mary Maxwell, London, to unidentified recipient, 19th or 20th century August 17.

Excluding Shakespeare's characters, the character she is proudest to have created is Goethe's Gretchen.

2 leaves ; 16 x 10 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7482742

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (b. August 29, 1749, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt-d. March 22, 1832, Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural scientist. He is often ranked with Shakespeare and Dante as one of the three most important poets in history. Goethe gained early fame with The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, but his most famous work is Faust, a poetic drama in two parts....

Braddon, M.E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915

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Mrs. Maxwell Braddon. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Mrs. Bartley, 1889 Sept. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131786 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Miss Graves, Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131785 Mary Elizabeth Braddon Maxwell was a British novelist best known for Lady Audley's Secret (1862). From the description of Mary Elizabeth Braddon papers, ca. 1861-1888. (Harvard University). WorldCat...