Landon, Letitia Elizabeth
- Landon, Letitia Elizabeth
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▪ British author
also called L.e.l.
born Aug. 14, 1802, London
died Oct. 15, 1838, Gold Coast Colony [now Ghana]
English poet and novelist who, at a time when women were conventionally restricted in their themes, wrote of passionate love. She is remembered for her high-spirited social life and mysterious death and for verse that reveals her lively intelligence and emotional intensity.
Landon's first volume of verse came out in 1821; it and the eight collections that followed were extremely popular, and she was in great demand as a contributor to magazines and giftbooks, annuals produced in the 1820s and '30s as gifts for ladies. Her four novels, published in 1831–42, were also successful.
Landon captivated London society by her wayward charm. Her engagement to John Forster, a journalist and man of letters, ended unhappily. In 1838 she married George Maclean, then chief administrator of the Cape Coast settlement (now in Ghana). She died of poisoning, presumably by accident, soon after her arrival in Africa.
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