''Ada Reis'' is an 1823 novel by the British writer

Lady Caroline Lamb Lady Caroline Lamb (née Ponsonby; 13 November 1785 – 25 January 1828) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and novelist, best known for '' Glenarvon'', a Gothic novel. In 1812, she had an affair with Lord Byron, whom she described as "mad, bad, a ...

published in

three volumes The three-volume novel (sometimes three-decker or triple decker) was a standard form of publishing for British fiction during the nineteenth century. It was a significant stage in the development of the modern novel as a form of popular literatur ...

. It was her third novel and was published by John Murray. It was published six months after her previous work ''

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''. It didn't achieve the notoriety of her debut novel ''

Glenarvon ''Glenarvon'' was Lady Caroline Lamb's first novel. It created a sensation when published on 9 May 1816. Set in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the book satirized the Whig Holland House circle, while casting a sceptical eye on left-wing politics. I ...

'' which contained a thinly-disguised portrait of her former lover

Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest poets of the United Kingdom. Among his best-kno ...

, although the protagonist Ada Reis has some Byronic elements. Critical reception of the novel was mixed and Caroline's sister-in-law

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described it as "a strange farrago".Fraser p.156

References

Bibliography

* Eckert, Linsey. ''The Limits of Familiarity: Authorship and Romantic Readers''. Bucknell University Press, 2022. * Fraser, Antonia. ''Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit''. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023. 1823 British novels John Murray (publishing house) books {{1820s-novel-stub