Queen of the Wits

Faber & Faber, Limited (Feb 05, 2009)

9780571224296

384 pages | 126 x 198 mm | Deutsch

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Subject

Biography & Autobiography / Literary
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Plot

Poetess, fallen woman and wit, Laetitia Pilkington spent her life as close to fame as she was near to ruin, yet she survived on the very fringes of respectability. In this biography, Norma Clarke explores the female writer who was detemined to be viewed as being on equal terms with her male counterparts.

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