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2 mag 2023 · Lady Caroline Lamb ritratta da Eliza H. Trotter – Immagine di pubblico dominio via Wikipedia Fra le donne dell’alta società che Byron frequentava c’era Lady Melbourne, che, essendo non più giovane, svolgeva un ruolo di amica e confidente, e sua nuora, Lady Caroline Lamb.
Lady Caroline Lamb was born Caroline Ponsonby on November 13, 1785, in London. She was the daughter of Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, and his attractive wife, Henrietta Elizabeth, whose sister was Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Georgiana and Henrietta were both “Spencer Girls,” which makes them the ancestors of Princess Diana.
28 mag 2023 · Lady Caroline Lamb was among the hundreds of female admirers who sent 24-year-old Byron an anonymous letter of praise for this autobiographical work about a disillusioned young man finding ...
18 giu 2023 · But, still, as Lady Antonia Fraser reveals in her gripping biography, Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit, she was a remarkable woman, possessed of exceptional charm, as was Byron. And their notorious affair was doomed, explosive, hooks-in-the-heart stuff, though it lasted only for a few months in 1812.
Lady Caroline Lamb had already fallen in love with his poetry. Tired of country life and growing bored with her seven-year marriage, she was determined to meet this dazzling new literary star. Within days of his first appearance in London, she got her wish, but when Byron was brought forward to meet her, Caroline gazed into his face for a moment before turning her back and walking away without ...
Glenarvon was Lady Caroline Lamb 's first novel. [1] It created a sensation when published on 9 May 1816. Set in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the book satirized the Whig Holland House circle, [2] [3] while casting a sceptical eye on left-wing politics. [4] Its rakish title character, Lord Glenarvon, is an unflattering depiction of her ex-lover ...
When Lady Caroline Ponsonby married William Lamb in 1805, they expected he would soon inherit a substantial estate from his aging father. But w hen Caroline died in 1828, at the age of 42, William had still not become Lord Melbourne. They were still without title or riches, because the first Viscount Melbourne had simply outlived his daughter ...
