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?Thomas ?Holcroft : Life [?of Thomas Holcroft]

Lady Caroline Lamb to John Murray (1816): 'Thank you for Holcroft's "Life," which is extremely curious and interesting [...] I send you a book; pray read it -- "Lady Calantha Limb." The authoress, actuated by a holy zeal, says in her preface that she is resolved to turn me into ridicule. She chooses an easy task -- too easy, I fear -- yet fails, and makes a most blundering business. Wit's razor's edge she has not, but an unkind tongue to make up for it.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Caroline Lamb      Print: Book

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