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Leigh Hunt, The Story of Rimini (1816), title page and first page of Hunt's dedication to Byron
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Leigh Hunt, The Story of Rimini (1816), title page and first page of Hunt's dedication to Byron
Original Image Dimensions 12"x8"
Source The Duncan Wu Collection
Description There was good reason for Hunt to dedicate his poem to Byron. For one thing, Byron
helped him secure John Murray as a publisher--and for another, the name "Byron"
attached to almost any publication, regardless of quality, was an excellent sales
tool. Rimini, with its bodice-ripping apparatus, would probably have sold reasonably
well even without the dedication. Murray was repelled by Hunt, regarding him as a
money-grubber with unacceptably liberal politics.
