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- Title
On Carrier-Pigeons and the Electric Telegraph: An Elusive Note in Two George Eliot Notebooks.
- Authors
Thompson, Andrew
- Abstract
The article explores the note made by English novelist George Eliot about carrier-pigeons and the electric telegraph during her research for the nineteenth-century novel "Romola." Topics discussed include the inclusion of this note in Eliot's holograph notebook, the literary sources cited by Eliot which may have influenced her novel, and the significant use of the carrier-pigeon during the Middle Age period.
- Subjects
ELIOT, George, 1819-1880; AUTHORS' notebooks; 19TH century English fiction; ROMOLA (Book : Eliot); HOMING pigeons; TELEGRAPH &; telegraphy; LITERARY sources
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 2021, Vol 68, Issue 3, p318
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/notesj/gjab112