"I read 'Glenarvon, ' too, by Caro. Lamb....God damn " - Lord Byron
In 1812, Lady Caroline Lamb, wife of a prominent politician and
future Prime Minister, began a tempestuous affair with Lord Byron,
a liaison that shocked Lamb's contemporaries. Finally, when he
became tired of Lamb, Byron cruelly broke off the relationship, and
in "Glenarvon" (1816) Lamb sought revenge.
Set against the backdrop of the violent Irish Revolution of
1798, Glenarvon tells the story of the doomed love of the married
Lady Calantha for the dashing revolutionary Lord Glenarvon. Though
published anonymously, contemporary readers immediately recognised
in Calantha and Glenarvon the counterparts of Lamb and Byron and in
many of the minor characters satiric portraits of some of the
leading lights of London high society. The novel became an instant
success, going through numerous editions and resulting in Lamb's
being blackballed from fashionable society.
The Valancourt Books edition includes the unabridged text of the
first edition as well as Lamb's preface from the expurgated second
edition. This edition also features a new introduction and notes by
Deborah Lutz and an index to characters in "Glenarvon" and their
real-life counterparts.
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