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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
8
The fragment recounts the Byron tale The Prisoner of Chillon with three brothers chained in a deep Swiss dungeon. One brother dies while the others speak of battles and rebellion until the youngest fails to answer, sealing a grim fate.
A compact portrait of Lord Byron highlighting his lack of formal training and turbulent upbringing. It notes his inherited estate, his vanity, and pattern of romantic entanglements. His unhappy England marriage produced a premature separation, scandal, and eventual exile to Italy.
Lord Byron wrote The Prisoner of Chillon about Francois Bonivard who endured four years in the dungeon of the Castle of Chillon near Lake Geneva. The account recalls the prisoner’s isolation, escapes attempts, and eventual release as observers ponder meaning.
Davis, editor of Munsey's magazine, is praised as one of the world’s best letter writers. Those who have corresponded with him attest he conveys wisdom in three lines on a sheet of office notepaper.
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