Lord Byron’s Letters Reveal Affair and Criticism of Fellow Writers October 2, 2009
Sotheby's in London will auction some letters written by Lord Byron on October 29th. The letters include details of an affair with a servant girl. They also include Byon's criticism of fellow writers. Byron even referred to William Wordsworth as "Turdsworth."
Byron is dismissive of some of the other great writers of the day, particularly Robert Southey and William Wordsworth.
In the final letter of the series, he attacks Wordworth's denigration of a poet he much admired, Alexander Pope.
Wordsworth criticised Pope's poetic style as artificial and archaic, arguing that it did not express the true thoughts and feelings of men. Byron, however, disagreed, writing to Francis Hodgson: "Southey and Turdsworth such renegado rascals."
You can see the auction listing here on Sotheby's website.
Sotheby's in London will auction some letters written by Lord Byron on October 29th. The letters include 