The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (Paperback)

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=montm

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe, Volume 1
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Mary Wortley Montagu
Editors:	James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Wharncliffe • William Moy Thomas
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	544
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-07315-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	1-108-07315-8
Barcode:	9781108073158

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