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| − | * '''George Bernard Shaw, ''Mrs Warren’s Profession'':''' "The old Iron Duke didnt throw away fifty pounds: not he. He just wrote: ‘Dear Jenny: publish and be damned! Yours affectionately, Wellington.’." | + | * '''George Bernard Shaw, ''Mrs Warren’s Profession'':''' "The old Iron Duke didnt throw away fifty pounds: not he. He just wrote: ‘Dear Jenny: publish and be damned! Yours affectionately, Wellington.’." → Mrs Warren's Profession was prostitution |
* '''Harriette Wilson:''' Harriette (or Henriette) Wilson (1786-1846) was one of the most sought after courtesans in London. She settled down for a time with the Duke of Argyle, but when he went to Scotland she became the mistress of the Duke of Wellington until she turned 35 (1821). She then retired from the business, moved to Paris, married a Monsieur Dubochet, and settled down to a literary career. Her first work was her ''Memoirs'' (1825), in which she named names and provided details of her liaisons. In 1824, before publication, her publisher, Stockdale, sent letters to her former beaux, demanding £200 in exchange for their exclusion from the memoirs; Wellington is alleged to have returned the letter with the words "Write, and be damned!" scrawled on it. In her memoirs, Harriette says that Wellington looked like a ratcatcher! After her memoirs, she wrote and published novels (very bad ones, say her critics). She eventually returned to London, and died in 1846 | * '''Harriette Wilson:''' Harriette (or Henriette) Wilson (1786-1846) was one of the most sought after courtesans in London. She settled down for a time with the Duke of Argyle, but when he went to Scotland she became the mistress of the Duke of Wellington until she turned 35 (1821). She then retired from the business, moved to Paris, married a Monsieur Dubochet, and settled down to a literary career. Her first work was her ''Memoirs'' (1825), in which she named names and provided details of her liaisons. In 1824, before publication, her publisher, Stockdale, sent letters to her former beaux, demanding £200 in exchange for their exclusion from the memoirs; Wellington is alleged to have returned the letter with the words "Write, and be damned!" scrawled on it. In her memoirs, Harriette says that Wellington looked like a ratcatcher! After her memoirs, she wrote and published novels (very bad ones, say her critics). She eventually returned to London, and died in 1846 | ||
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160233&q1=Jenny Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160233&q1=Jenny Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
| − | * '''Jenny:''' a female donkey | + | * '''Jenny:''' a female donkey → Joseph Campbell, ''A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake'' 40: "[''Jinnies''] refers both to a couple of young mares on the battlefield, and to a pair of Napoleonic ''filles du régiment''. These polymorphous beings correspond to the two temptresses in the Park episode." |
Latest revision as of 07:16, 14 May 2011
- George Bernard Shaw, Mrs Warren’s Profession: "The old Iron Duke didnt throw away fifty pounds: not he. He just wrote: ‘Dear Jenny: publish and be damned! Yours affectionately, Wellington.’." → Mrs Warren's Profession was prostitution
- Harriette Wilson: Harriette (or Henriette) Wilson (1786-1846) was one of the most sought after courtesans in London. She settled down for a time with the Duke of Argyle, but when he went to Scotland she became the mistress of the Duke of Wellington until she turned 35 (1821). She then retired from the business, moved to Paris, married a Monsieur Dubochet, and settled down to a literary career. Her first work was her Memoirs (1825), in which she named names and provided details of her liaisons. In 1824, before publication, her publisher, Stockdale, sent letters to her former beaux, demanding £200 in exchange for their exclusion from the memoirs; Wellington is alleged to have returned the letter with the words "Write, and be damned!" scrawled on it. In her memoirs, Harriette says that Wellington looked like a ratcatcher! After her memoirs, she wrote and published novels (very bad ones, say her critics). She eventually returned to London, and died in 1846
- Jennifer → Guinevere, King Arthur's queen → Wellington's name was Arthur
- jinni: (jinnee, djinni, genie) a spirit or demon in Muslim theology and folklore
- Jinni: a pet-name for Jane?
- Jinnies → Issy's two personalities
- Jenny: a female donkey → Joseph Campbell, A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake 40: "[Jinnies] refers both to a couple of young mares on the battlefield, and to a pair of Napoleonic filles du régiment. These polymorphous beings correspond to the two temptresses in the Park episode."
