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Lady Byron Vindicated: A History Of The Byron Controversy, From Its Beginning In 1816 To The Present Time
An account of the separation of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron and his wife Anne Isabella Noel Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron, defending her role in the controversy. Lord Byron is best known as a poet, as well as being the father of the world's first computer programmer, Ada Countess of Lovelace.
492 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1870
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
1,579 books1,443 followersGreat political influence of
Uncle Tom's Cabin
, novel against slavery of 1852 of Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, American writer, advanced the cause of abolition.
Lyman Beecher fathered Catharine Esther Beecher, Edward Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, another child.
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, an author, attacked the cruelty, and reached millions of persons as a play even in Britain. She made the tangible issues of the 1850s to millions and energized forces in the north. She angered and embittered the south. A commonly quoted statement, apocryphally attributed to Abraham Lincoln, sums up the effect. He met Stowe and then said, "So you're the little woman that started this great war!" or so people say.
AKA:
Χάρριετ Μπήτσερ Στόου (Greek)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet...
Lyman Beecher fathered Catharine Esther Beecher, Edward Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, another child.
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, an author, attacked the cruelty, and reached millions of persons as a play even in Britain. She made the tangible issues of the 1850s to millions and energized forces in the north. She angered and embittered the south. A commonly quoted statement, apocryphally attributed to Abraham Lincoln, sums up the effect. He met Stowe and then said, "So you're the little woman that started this great war!" or so people say.
AKA:
Χάρριετ Μπήτσερ Στόου (Greek)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet...
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January 12, 2023
Basically, Harriet Beeecher Stowe coming for Lord Byron and his admirers with receipts. Written after Lady Byron's death, Mrs. Stowe (a personal friend of Lady Byron's, they knew each other through abolitionist work) boiled over when Lord Byron's last mistress, by this point an old lady, published a gushing hagiography about the dead poet that vilified Byron's wife. This book, Mrs. Stowe claims, has then been presented to the american public as truth and she wants to set the record straight (spoilers, it's incest).
While some of it was kind of pearl clutch-y, especially the bits about Byron's works corrupting literature and future generations, it's interesting also to view this as a reflection on some of the social mores of the time, with the american author coming off somewhat puritanical compared to the european figures in the actual events, and the difference between mid 19th century society (when the book was written) and early 19th century society (when the events it discusses taking place).
Regardless of whether or not Lord Byron was sleeping with his sister (history suggests that he was) I think any modern reader can state that Lady Byron had the right idea getting the hell out.
While some of it was kind of pearl clutch-y, especially the bits about Byron's works corrupting literature and future generations, it's interesting also to view this as a reflection on some of the social mores of the time, with the american author coming off somewhat puritanical compared to the european figures in the actual events, and the difference between mid 19th century society (when the book was written) and early 19th century society (when the events it discusses taking place).
Regardless of whether or not Lord Byron was sleeping with his sister (history suggests that he was) I think any modern reader can state that Lady Byron had the right idea getting the hell out.
November 3, 2020
Very interesting insight and point of view into this intriguing story. Full of interesting anecdotes and ressources. Must be read with a critical eye though, the position of the writer being obviously one sided and pretty radical.
August 2, 2020
If you haven't read this book by Harriet Beecher Stowe, yes that HB Stowe, you should. It turns out the "LORD" Byron was quite reprehensible.
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