'Chawton House Fellow's Lecture' December 12, 2008

Mrs Pilkington's Memoirs:
Sex,Scandal and celebrity, a life of Laetitia Pilkington
Norma Clarke, Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing at Kingston University talks about her new biography of a woman determined to be known as a writer on equal terms with men. It brings to life a remarkable character, which embodied the scandal, energy and sadness of a time when literature, gossip and the lives they described were inseparable

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