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Chase of the wild goose : the story of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, known as the ladies of Llangollen / Mary Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Mary, 1861-1941., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lesbian couples--Wales--Biography.
- Lesbian couples.
- Ponsonby, Sarah, 1754 or 1755-1831--Fiction.
- Ponsonby, Sarah.
- Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1738 or 1739-1829--Fiction.
- Butler, Eleanor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p., [16] leaves of plates) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Hogarth Press, 1936.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The story of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, known as the Ladies of Llangollen.
- Contents:
- Part I : the ladies meet one another
- First meeting
- Eleanor goes to London
- Defeat of the match-makers
- The Rotunda ball
- First flight
- Second flight
- To Wales
- Part II : I meet the ladies
- Plas Newydd
- Eleanor's journal
- Visitors
- Growing old
- Separation
- Part III : the ladies meet me
- The future arrives late
- The white bird.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed October 28, 2014).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 276).
- OCLC:
- 898082971
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