Papers of John William DeForest [manuscript], 1855-1887.

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Papers of John William DeForest [manuscript], 1855-1887.

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The papers contain a manuscript of a short poem beginning "You ask a thought . . . " Letters, 1855-56, to publishers Dix and Edwards discuss the publication and format of "Oriental acquaintance" and send a receipt for "Experiences in Mount Lebanon." A letter, 1876, to Mrs. [Johnson T.?] Platt doubts that Frances Burney was only sixteen when she wrote "Evelina" and gives his opinion on the intellectual maturation of women novelists. One of DeForest's calling cards is included.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Platt, [Johnson T.?], Mrs.

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Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840

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Burney was an English novelist and letter writer. Mary Hamilton was a good friend of hers. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Fanny Burney to Mary Hamilton, Norbury Park, 1784 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865184 English novelist, author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. Born Frances Burney, married General d'Arblay. From the description of ALS : to Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, [1781] May 31-June 5. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). ...

De Forest, John William, 1826-1906

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American author. From the description of Papers of John William DeForest [manuscript], 1855-1887. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806466 John William De Forest's novels and nonfiction works contain a realism absent in the work of many of his Victorian Era contemporaries. Instead of depicting the romance and sentimentality fashionable in literature of that time, De Forest depicts a very different view of the world. This view includes poverty, human failings, ...

Dix and Edwards.

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