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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title: The Blue Belles of England

Author and Title: Frances Milton Trollope. The Blue Belles of England

First Edition: London: Saunders and Otley, 1842. 3 volumes, post 8vo., 31s. 6d.

Serialization: Metropolitan Magazine, January 1841 to November 1841 (monthly)

Summary: Just having reached majority, heiress Constance Ridley enters the literary circles of high society. Trollope satirizes the fawning lapdogs who fancy themselves literary connoisseurs. (LP)

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References: BL; EC

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