Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873–1938)
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Opere di Lady Ottoline Morrell
A Farewell Message 2 copie
A Virginia Woolf Day Book 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Ottoline Morrell
- Nome legale
- Morrell, Lady Ottoline Violet Anne
- Data di nascita
- 1873-06-16
- Data di morte
- 1938-04-21
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Holbeck, Nottinghamshire, England
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
Garsington Manor, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England, UK - Istruzione
- University of Oxford (Somerville College)
- Attività lavorative
- aristocrat
society hostess
patron of the arts
memoirist - Relazioni
- Russell, Bertrand (lover)
John, Augustus (lover)
Fry, Roger (lover)
Huxley, Aldous (friend) - Organizzazioni
- Bloomsbury Group
- Breve biografia
- Lady Ottoline Morrell, née Cavendish-Bentinck, was born into an aristocratic English family. She became a prominent figure among writers and artists of her day, including the Bloomsbury set, and is thought to have inspired characters in a number of novels, including Mrs. Bidlake in Aldous Huxley's Point Counter Point; Hermione Roddice in D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love; Lady Caroline Bury in Graham Greene's It's a Battlefield; and Lady Sybilline Quarrell in Alan Bennett's Forty Years On. Some critics also consider her to have been the inspiration for Lawrence's Lady Chatterley. Huxley's first novel, Crome Yellow, is the story of a house party at a thinly-veiled version of Garsington Manor, Lady Ottoline's country home. She wrote two volumes of memoirs, which were edited and revised after her death.
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Lady Ottoline's album: Snapshots and portraits of… di Carolyn G. Heilbrun
I have read so many of her biographies and those of the people she surrounded herself with, that I really enjoyed this addition to my collection.
Extraordinary woman who nurtured so many talented young people who went on to do great things.
Extraordinary woman who nurtured so many talented young people who went on to do great things.
Come On! This woman and her husband lived a daring open marriage, w/a vigorous sex life with distinguished men and women of both sexes, and not a HINT of that appears in her memoirs!! She periodically avers how much she loves Philip, the husband, how he of all people is most suited to her. I gather he was out fathering children with other women. Honestly! How can anyone respect what else she has to say when such a large, fundamental portion of her life is omitted? Answer: you can't.
Having dismissed the book for credibility and honesty, it was nonetheless an easy read. Her early childhood was eerily like Bertrand Russell's--very lonely. Must be an upper-class English thing. Lots of religious mania as a substitute for human relationships. That too reminds me of other female bios of the period. The book actually ends w/her and Russell talking in a picturesque setting somewhere, date unclear. They had a lot in common, no doubt.
Yes, it was interesting to read about her and Philip's political work as liberal reformers, and also about some of the male artists and writers with whom she was most close. (Apparently VERY close). Her continual theme was that of her personal inadequacy, indecision, stupidity, vapidness, etc. A consistent theme. Assuming some level of accuracy, one can only assume that her face, figure, apparent wealth, and supportive admiration and hospitality were what drew and kept these men of genius and distinction to her. I kept thinking that if she had been trained for a profession or occupation, she might have had a much more positive internal self-image than what she consistently avers she does. I rather felt sorry for her, but having found out that much of the gratification and excitement of her life was completely omitted, her 'pity party' about her personal inadequacies rings hollow.… (altro)
Having dismissed the book for credibility and honesty, it was nonetheless an easy read. Her early childhood was eerily like Bertrand Russell's--very lonely. Must be an upper-class English thing. Lots of religious mania as a substitute for human relationships. That too reminds me of other female bios of the period. The book actually ends w/her and Russell talking in a picturesque setting somewhere, date unclear. They had a lot in common, no doubt.
Yes, it was interesting to read about her and Philip's political work as liberal reformers, and also about some of the male artists and writers with whom she was most close. (Apparently VERY close). Her continual theme was that of her personal inadequacy, indecision, stupidity, vapidness, etc. A consistent theme. Assuming some level of accuracy, one can only assume that her face, figure, apparent wealth, and supportive admiration and hospitality were what drew and kept these men of genius and distinction to her. I kept thinking that if she had been trained for a profession or occupation, she might have had a much more positive internal self-image than what she consistently avers she does. I rather felt sorry for her, but having found out that much of the gratification and excitement of her life was completely omitted, her 'pity party' about her personal inadequacies rings hollow.… (altro)
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