Elizabeth Craven as a Fiction Writer
Elizabeth Craven wrote in many different genres - stories, plays, poetry and travelogues flowed from her pen.
In this humorous tale originally published in 1779, Modern Anecdote of the Ancient Family of the Kinkvervankotsdar-sprakengotchderns, she uses a ridiculously long German name to poke fun at ancient noble families with immensely long pedigrees, just like her own.
The tale was very popular and went into many editions. It was dedicated to the "Honorable Horace Walpole, Esq". Walpole was a wit, an MP and a letter writer who paid Elizabeth Craven many compliments.
This story by Elizabeth Craven had a marked influence on her contemporary Jane Austen. Can you guess which of Jane Austen's six novels I am taking about?
If you would like to know more about Elizabeth Craven's long friendship with Horace Walpole, read
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In this humorous tale originally published in 1779, Modern Anecdote of the Ancient Family of the Kinkvervankotsdar-sprakengotchderns, she uses a ridiculously long German name to poke fun at ancient noble families with immensely long pedigrees, just like her own.
The tale was very popular and went into many editions. It was dedicated to the "Honorable Horace Walpole, Esq". Walpole was a wit, an MP and a letter writer who paid Elizabeth Craven many compliments.
Portrait of Horace Walpole by Rosalba Carriera
If you would like to know more about Elizabeth Craven's long friendship with Horace Walpole, read
Elizabeth Craven: Writer, Feminist and European [Hardback]
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Hardback | Price: $65 / €62 / £55 1st edition | Published on: June 2017 334pp | 236mmx160mm
Series: Vernon Series on the History of Art
Subject(s): Feminism, Literary analysis, Biography ISBN: 9781622732753
Availability: Approx. in 4 weeks

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