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Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton : The Child of Earth

'"The Child of Earth" by the Hon. Mrs Norton Fainter Her Slow Step falls from day to day... Otley - February 15th 1831. Benj. Beanlands'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Beanlands      

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton : Stuart of Dunleath. A story of the present time

'there has been so much motion that it has been next to impossible for a person to work. I have read lately the "Newcomes" by Thackeray "Stuart of Dunleath" by Mrs Norton & "Coningsby" by Disraeli'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe      Print: Book

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton : poems

Richard Hengist Horne to Elizabeth Barrett, 27 January 1844: 'Do you know Mrs Norton's poetry? Much I have seen, I thought very good of its kind. More high-minded in its personal aggrievedness, and less reproachful & vindictive than Ld Byron.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Richard Hengist Horne      

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton : The Dream, and Other Poems

Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 13 June 1844: 'The poem [of Caroline Norton's] which I called [italics]domestic[end italics] is one, I think, in an octave stanza, containing a story .. of a wife who becomes aware of the dishonour of her husband. It succeeds the Dream -- It has more [italics]power[end italics], than any composition of Mrs Norton's which I ever read. The name quite escapes me -- & I have so painful an association of a personal nature with the book, as to lose all courage to look into it.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett      Print: Book

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