I haven't read the biography of lady Caroline Lamb s do not know which
version of her life they portray. We read Glenarvon as a group, once.It
needed a good editor.Most who managed to get through the book agreed that
it didn't succeed in making Glenarvon a bad guy. The so called heroine
was such an unlikeable character the people she disliked looked good.
Her books were not published for merit but because her name was known. I do
not know the method she chose to publish but if she paid the costs, then
all the profits were hers. She said she wrote Glenarvon in a month. I wish
I had the facility.
I have never been interested in her other books.
After the publication of Glenarvon, she was banned from Almacks -- which
made her a social outcast-- her husband separated from her-- she mixed with
writers, went to Paris -- met WEllington who tried to intercede on her
behalf ( he had more success against Napoleon than the leaders of
society Lamb had offended.) She died after she had seen Byron's cortege .
her husband never remarried. He had a couple of suits against him by
aggrieved husbands but nothing could be proven. He was Prime Minister
Melbourne when Victoria took the therone and was her favorite advisor
until she married.
In the field of literature, she should be no more than a footnote. It is
only her social prominence and her connection with Lord Byron that keep
Lady Caroline's name before the public.
Nancy
