| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xviii, 445 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-432) and index. |
| Contents |
Actress -- "During a tempestuous night" -- A young lady's entrance into the world -- Wales -- Infidelity -- Debtor's prison -- Drury Lane -- A woman in demand -- Celebrity -- Florizel and Perdita -- A very public affair -- The rivals -- Blackmail -- Perdita and Marie Antoinette -- A meeting in the studio -- The priestess of taste -- The ride to Dover -- Politics -- Exile -- Laura Maria -- Opium -- Author -- Nobody -- Radical -- Feminist -- Lyrical tales -- "A small but brilliant circle." |
| Summary |
One of the most flamboyant free spirits of the late eighteenth century, darling of the London stage, mistress to the most powerful men in England, feminist thinker, and bestselling author, described by Samuel Taylor Coleridge as "a woman of undoubted genius, " Mary Robinson led a life that was marked by reversals of fortune. Abandoned by her merchant father, Mary was married at 15. Her husband landed the couple and their baby in debtors' prison, where she wrote her first book of poetry. On her release, she rose to become one of the London theater's most alluring actresses. The Prince of Wales fell madly in love with her, and she later used his love letters as blackmail. After being struck down by paralysis, apparently following a miscarriage, she remade herself yet again, this time as a popular writer admired by the leading intellectuals of the day. |
| Subject |
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800.
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 -- Relations with women.
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London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
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Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography.
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Mistresses -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Actors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| Added Title |
Literary, theatrical, scandalous life of Mary Robinson |
| ISBN |
1400061482 (alk. paper) |
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9781400061488 (alk. paper) |
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0812970799 (pbk. alk. paper) |
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9780812970791 (pbk. alk. paper) |
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