THE SALAMANCA CORPUS:

DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF ENGLISH DIALECT TEXTS

DERBYSHIRE

HAMPSHIRE

DING 2015: “Florence Nightinghale's sister. Together with her husband's daughter-in-law she edited the Verney's Family Papers. She wrote short stories and novels in which she attempted to represent the speech of Derbyshire and Hampshire. She had gained knowledge of both dialects during her stays at Lea Hurst, the family home in Derbyshire, and Embley House, her father's estate in Hampshire.”

WORKS

1867-68. Avenhoe. The Cornhill Magazine. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Not in EDD.

1868. Stone Edge.  London: Smith, Elder & Co. SC. EDD. Der.

1870. Lettice Lisle.  London: Smith, Elder & Co. SC. EDD. Hmp.

1871. Fernyhurst Court: An Every-day Story. London: Strahan & Co. Not in EDD.

1873. Llanaly Reefs. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Not in EDD.  

     DING 2011: “Set in Wales.”

1891. The Grey Pool and Other Stories. (posthumously published) London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton & Co. Liverpool: Edward Howell.  SC. Not in EDD.

     DING 2011: “Two novelettes and three short stories set in North-West England, Southern England and North Wales.”

KINGKONG PROJECT

Lady, Frances Parthenope VERNEY, nee NIGHTINGALE (F: 1819 Apr 19 - 1890 May 12)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HER LIFE AND WORKS SEE

García-Bermejo Giner, María F. 1994. “Sources for the Linguistic Analysis of some 19th century Midland Dialects”. In W. Viereck. ed. Verhandlungen des Internationalen Dialektologenkongresses Bamberg 1990. Vol.3: Regionalsprachliche Variation, Umgangs- und Standardsprachen. Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik. Beihefte 76:. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner: 232-245

Haigh, John D. 2004.“Verney [Née Nightingale], Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney (1819-1890) Genealogist and author” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/46562, accessed 7 May 2015]

Mackerness, E. D. 1958.”Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney (1819-1890)". Journal of Modern History 2: 131-136.

Verney. Maria. 1891. “Preface in Memoriam” in F. P. Verney. Essays and Tales. London: Simpkin and Marhsall: vii-xvi.

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Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney (Née Nightingale

(1819-1890)