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Fanny Kemble's journals
By Kemble, Fanny & Clinton, Catherine
- ISBN
- 978-0-67400-440-5
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2000
There are those who say Fanny Kemble was born to the stage; others would argue that she was born to write, especially about contemporary England and America. These excerpts from Kemble's diaries, letters, and memoirs attest to her singularity as an observer. Married to a slave owner (whom she later divorced), the English-born Kemble became fiercely opposed to slavery, and her wri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
