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Goldsmith, Dr J.:


Subject Literature » Victorian Literature

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405151191.2007.x


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pseudonym of Sir Richard Phillips, writer and publisher (1767–1840). His Grammar of General Geography (1823 edn) was heavily used by the Brontë children, both in their studies, and to provide names and apparent geographical legitimacy for their imaginary kingdoms. Anne or Emily has entered Gondal names in Goldsmith’s “Vocabulary of Proper Names” – for example Gondal itself (“a large island in the north Pacific”) is entered between Gomera, one of the Canaries, and Gondar, capital of Abyssinia. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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A Brontë Encyclopedia



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