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The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington (Paperback)
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The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies, Volume 3
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Following her advantageous second marriage, the famous beauty
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington (1789 1849), presided over one
of London's most glittering salons, variously attended by Thomas
Moore, Disraeli, Bulwer Lytton, and Dickens. After her husband's
death in 1829, she augmented her income by writing, most notably
her Conversations with Lord Byron, which recounted her acquaintance
with the poet in Genoa. Despite considerable success, her
debt-ridden establishment collapsed in 1849 and Lady Blessington
fled to Paris, where she died. This 1855 biography and letters, in
three volumes was edited by R. R. Madden (1798 1886), colonial
administrator and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, who had
first met the Blessingtons in Naples in 1821. It illuminates the
intriguing social role of the salon hostess and its many financial
and emotional pressures. Volume 3 contains further brief
biographies of her various correspondents, followed by their
letters.
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