Byron in Love by Edna O'Brien

Author:Edna O'Brien
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2009-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

SIXTEEN

When Byron and Annabella moved into 13 Piccadilly Terrace, a house rented from the Duchess of Devonshire, Byron’s two burning objectives were deliverance from that marriage and funds to go abroad. In a letter to Hobhouse while on his honeymoon, appealing to him to ‘fix’ on the useless Mr Hanson, Byron outlined his financial ruin–

Newstead must be sold without delay–and even at a loss…my debts can hardly be less than thirty thousand–there is six thousand charged to a Mr Sawbridge–a thousand to Mrs Byron at Nottingham–a Jew debt of which the interest must be more than the principal–another Jew debt…a good deal of tradesmen…a loan of sixteen hundred pounds to Hodgson–a thousand pounds to ‘bold Webster’…three thousand to George Leigh…necessities–luxuries–fooleries and money to whores and fiddlers.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.