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Book Reviews of L.E.L. The Rise and Fall of Letitia Landon: Sex, Lies and Literary Culture Between the Romantics and the Victorians

L.E.L. The Rise and Fall of Letitia Landon: Sex, Lies and Literary Culture Between the Romantics and the Victorians
LEL The Rise and Fall of Letitia Landon Sex Lies and Literary Culture Between the Romantics and the Victorians
Author: Lucasta Miller
ISBN-13: 9780224079396
ISBN-10: 0224079395
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Book Type: Hardcover
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maura853 avatar reviewed L.E.L. The Rise and Fall of Letitia Landon: Sex, Lies and Literary Culture Between the Romantics and the Victorians on + 542 more book reviews
Fascinating insight into the lottery of literary fame. Fantastically well-researched. But, in my opinion, desperately over-reaches about LEL's talent, and the importance/interest of the minutiae of her life, making the middle section of the book, sadly, quite a slog, and burying some of the really interesting and important points that Miller has to mak