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India's Love Lyrics: read and explore
Written by Adela Florence Nicolson under a male pseudonym, the poems were presented as…
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- Author
- Laurence Hope
- Form
- poem
- Catalog year
- 1901
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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDIA'S LOVE LYRICS *** Produced by Gordon Keener INDIA'S LOVE LYRICS By Laurence Hope Editorial note: Laurence Hope was the pen name of Adela Florence Cory Nicolson. Born in 1865, she was educated in England. At age 16 she joined her father in India, where she spent most of her adult life. In 1889 she married Col. Malcolm H. Nicolson, a man twice her age. She committed suicide two months after his death …
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