Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 759 g
Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 759 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Women's Writing
ISBN: 978-1-108-07315-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Self-taught in her father's library, the writer, satirist and poet Lady Mary Wortley Montagu had an inexhaustible appetite for travel and society. This third edition of her Letters and Works (1866) offers insight into the ambitions and frustrations of one of the most unconventional women of the eighteenth century. In addition to remarks on the follies and diversions of London, Volume 1 provides acute and often acerbic observations of the sights and people she encountered on her travels across Holland, France, Germany, Austria and Turkey. Letters to her family, to Alexander Pope, and to her sister the Countess of Mar are enhanced by an engraved portrait of Lady Mary in her famous Turkish-inspired dress, and an introductory memoir of her life; all of which ensures the enduring appeal of this entertaining collection of correspondence. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=montma
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Preface W. Moy Thomas; Memoir of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu W. Moy Thomas; Introductory anecdotes Lady Louisa Stuart; 1. The death of Queen Anne; 2. Account of the court of George the First at his accession; 3. Mr. Wortley Montague on the state of affairs when the king entered; 4. Letters to Mrs. Hewet; 5. Correspondence with Miss Anne Wortley; 6. Correspondence with Mr. Wortley Montagu; 7. Letters during Mr. Wortley Montagu's embassy to Constantinople; 8. Letters from Pope to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; 9. Letters to the Countess of Mar.
