Glenarvon

Glenarvon was Lady Caroline Lamb's first novel.[1] It created a sensation when published on 9 May 1816. Set in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the book satirized the Whig Holland House circle,[2][3] while casting a sceptical eye on left-wing politics.[4] Its rakish title character, Lord Glenarvon, is an unflattering depiction of her ex-lover, Lord Byron.[5] In 1866, it was reprinted under the title, The Fatal Passion.[6]

  1. ^ "Glenarvon". www.litencyc.com.
  2. ^ Wright, C. J. "Holland House set (act. 1797–1845)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/93786. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "The Holland House Set". 6 January 2011.
  4. ^ R Gleckner ed., Romantic Generation (2001) p. 159-61
  5. ^ Sutherland, John (2008). Curiosities of Literature. London: Random House. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-905211-97-5.
  6. ^ Lamb, Lady Caroline (1866). The Fatal Passion.