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Letitia Elizabeth Landon

1802 - 1838

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Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. Landon's writings are emblematic of the transition from Romanticism to Victorian literature. Her first major breakthrough came with The Improvisatrice and thence she developed the metrical romance towards the Victorian ideal of the Victorian monologue, influencing fellow English writers such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson and Christina Rossetti. Her influence can also be found in the United States, where she was very popular. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Letitia Elizabeth Landon has received more than 225,687 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Letitia Elizabeth Landon is the 6,713th most popular writer, the 6,143rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 696th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Letitia Elizabeth Landon ranks 6,713 out of 7,302. Before her are Tie Ning, Les Murray, Albrecht Behmel, Alice Stone Blackwell, Michal Viewegh, and John Seigenthaler. After her are Juli Zeh, Sarah J. Maas, Liane Moriarty, Gregory Colbert, Kage Baker, and Thomas MacDonagh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Letitia Elizabeth Landon ranks 64. Before her are Édouard Ménétries, Andrei Stackenschneider, Richard Thomas Lowe, Miguel de San Román, Lydia Maria Child, and Gideon Welles. After her are Chand Kaur, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick. Among people deceased in 1838, Letitia Elizabeth Landon ranks 36. Before her are Osceola, Friedrich Accum, Ignaz von Rudhart, Ludwig Abeille, Thomas Andrew Knight, and Maria Cosway. After her are Paine Wingate, and Nathaniel Bowditch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Letitia Elizabeth Landon ranks 6,143 out of 8,785. Before her are Barbara Castle (1910), John Spencer (1935), Jack O'Connell (1990), John Keble (1792), John Rennie the Elder (1761), and William Alwyn (1905). After her are Frederic Moore (1830), Terry Cooper (1944), David Johnson (1951), George Cathcart (1794), Sarah Marshall (1933), and Kingsley Ben-Adir (1986).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Letitia Elizabeth Landon ranks 696. Before her are Catherine Cookson (1906), James Kelman (1946), Clemence Dane (1888), Thomas Shadwell (1642), Nicholas Monsarrat (1910), and Elizabeth Carter (1717). After her are David Hare (1947), Alison Weir (1951), Jane Taylor (1783), Maggie O'Farrell (1972), George Etherege (1635), and Stanley Middleton (1919).

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