Kemble's memoirs, especially her "Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation", are as important historically as they are engrossing. 肯布尔的回忆录,尤其是“佐治亚庄园的生活日记”一章,不仅引人入胜,而且具有重要历史意义。
FRIEND of Fanny Kemble once apologised for declining a visit by explaining: "I could not see so many people as you are when I had a headache." 一次,肯布尔的朋友拒绝了她的来访,解释说:“我头疼时可不能像你,还能见这么多人。”
Fanny Kemble ( 1809-93) was the niece of two Shakespearean tragedians, Sarah Siddons and Siddons's brother, John Philip Kemble. 范妮·肯布尔是(1809-93)两位莎士比亚悲剧演员莎拉·席登斯和她哥哥约翰·菲利浦·肯布尔的侄女。
The real competition for any biographer of Kemble is Kemble herself. 对于肯布尔的传记们来说,真正的竞争来自肯布尔本人。