Lady Emilie B. Hornby manuscript material : 2 items, 1862-1864

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Lady Emilie B. Hornby manuscript material : 2 items, 1862-1864

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ยท To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 2 letters -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday" [?May-Sep 1862] : (P'ANA 0054) : begins, "Sir Edmund leaves in a few days. have you forgotten your promise ..."; mentions Peacock's Gryll Grange. Published as Letter A13 in Joukovsky's edition of Peacock's letters. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Mar 1864 : (P'ANA 0055) : from "Bournalat, a mountain village in Asia Minor, about seven miles from Smyrna"; begins, "I can never forget people whom I like and admire ..."

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 7523913

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Hornby, Emilie B., Lady, . 1868.

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Emilie B. Hornby, wife of Sir Edmund Hornby (1825-1896), a colonial administrator and judge who had a house at Weybridge. George Meredith had lodged with her widowed mother at "The Limes," Weybridge, in 1849-1850; Hornby is said to have been Meredith's inspiration for the heroine in his Emilia in England (1864). From the description of Lady Emilie B. Hornby manuscript material : 2 items, 1862-1864 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 434502299 ...

Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866

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Thomas Love Peacock was an English author, perhaps best remembered for his satiric novels. He was working as a clerk when he published his first collection of poems, and his verse and essays earned him popularity with the public and his fellow writers. Over the course of his career, he published seven novels, each a unique combination of satire and observation; they are valuable for their commentary on contemporary English society, yet timeless in their themes and humour. Peacock had many litera...