Yesterday's book was a very slim volume, Byron: [the] Victoria & Albert Museum Exhibition Guide. This accompanied an exhibition held in 1974 illustrating the poet's life. The wording of the guide is allusive rather than direct and sometimes unintentionally comic. "His career, " it states, "was unusually rich in other directions, social, amatory and political ..." His "amatory career" was not so much rich as heroic! Later the guide coyly refers to "his half-sister, Augusta, who was to figure so importantly in his later life" - yes, as his incestuous lover, if rumours are to be believed.
Would Byron have been as famous as a poet if he had not also been the ultimate of bad boys, a rock star figure from the 19th century? Here's some more information.
Day 237; Book 228
Entitled couple’s attempt to steal a neighbor’s cat backfires, leaving them
with a mountain of vet bills, a court order, and a public meltdown: ‘We
were astonished that they had the audacity. THEY CLAIMED IT WAS THEIR CAT
THEY LOST’
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Some neighborhoods treat pets like local celebrities, but there's always
someone ready to play talent agent and book them for a private tour.
In these c...
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