The Only Use
Lord Byron
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Gone with the Wind
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- It was she who cast the deciding vote at the Shakespeare Reading Circle that the bard's works should be varied with those of Mr. Dickens and Mr. Bulwer-Lytton and not the poems of Lord Byron, as had been suggested by a young and, Melanie privately feared, very fast bachelor member of the Circle.†
Chpt 4.41Lord Byron = English Romantic poet known for passionate, rebellious works, and for a scandalous life (1788-1824)
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(Lord Byron) English Romantic poet known for passionate, rebellious works, and for a scandalous life (1788-1824)Byron was one of the great Romantic poets, famous for passionate, rebellious verse including Don Juan. He created the "Byronic hero"—a moody, attractive, flawed rebel that influenced countless fictional characters. Scandals (affairs, debts, rumors) forced him from England. He died at 36 fighting for Greek independence, becoming a legendary romantic figure.
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