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One of the most celebrated individuals of English literature,
Samuel Johnson (1709-84) was a defining figure of his age. In
addition to his celebrated labours as a lexicographer, Johnson
distinguished himself as a poet, essayist, critic, biographer and
editor. The writer and society hostess Hester Lynch Piozzi
(1741-1821) was an unconventional woman of great intellectual
vivacity. She became a close friend of Johnson, whom she met
through her first husband, the brewer Henry Thrale, whose ailing
business Johnson did much to support. As well as writing essays,
poetry, memoirs and travel diaries, she was one of the first women
to produce works on philology and history. First published in 1788
- two years after her groundbreaking Anecdotes of the Late Samuel
Johnson, which anticipated Boswell's biography - these letters
offer a captivating glimpse into their daily lives and concerns.
Volume 1 covers the period 1765 to 1777.
One of the most celebrated individuals of English literature,
Samuel Johnson (1709-84) was a defining figure of his age. In
addition to his celebrated labours as a lexicographer, Johnson
distinguished himself as a poet, essayist, critic, biographer and
editor. The writer and society hostess Hester Lynch Piozzi
(1741-1821) was an unconventional woman of great intellectual
vivacity. She became a close friend of Johnson, whom she met
through her first husband, the brewer Henry Thrale, whose ailing
business Johnson did much to support. As well as writing essays,
poetry, memoirs and travel diaries, she was one of the first women
to produce works on philology and history. First published in 1788
- two years after her groundbreaking Anecdotes of the Late Samuel
Johnson, which anticipated Boswell's biography - these letters
offer a captivating glimpse into their daily lives and concerns.
Volume 2 covers the period 1777 to 1784.
Highly educated and accustomed to intellectual society, the writer
and woman of letters Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821) became a close
friend of Samuel Johnson through her first husband, the brewer
Henry Thrale. Her second marriage, to the Italian musician Gabriel
Mario Piozzi in 1784, estranged her from Johnson, but following his
death she published her groundbreaking Anecdotes of the Late Samuel
Johnson, anticipating Boswell's biography. As well as her letters,
poetry, essays, memoirs and travel diaries (several of which are
also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), she was one of
the first women to produce works on philology and history.
Originally published in 1833, this highly readable volume of
recollections by the writer and translator Edward Mangin
(1772-1852) draws on her letters to him and his family (as well as
on other memorabilia), extracts from which are quoted extensively
in the work.
Highly educated and accustomed to intellectual society, the writer
Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741 1821) became a close friend of Samuel
Johnson through her first husband, the brewer Henry Thrale. Her
second marriage, to the Italian musician Gabriel Mario Piozzi in
1784, estranged her from Johnson, but following his death she
published her groundbreaking Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson,
anticipating Boswell's biography. In addition to publishing essays,
memoirs, poetry and travel diaries, she was one of the first women
to produce works on philology and history. Edited by the essayist
Abraham Hayward (1801 84) and incorporating correspondence and
other writings, this two-volume work offers a valuable insight into
the life of an important woman of letters and how she was perceived
by contemporaries and posterity. Reissued here is the enlarged
second edition of 1861. Volume 1 is devoted to Hayward's
biographical essay and critique of her works.
Highly educated and accustomed to intellectual society, the writer
Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741 1821) became a close friend of Samuel
Johnson through her first husband, the brewer Henry Thrale. Her
second marriage, to the Italian musician Gabriel Mario Piozzi in
1784, estranged her from Johnson, but following his death she
published her groundbreaking Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson,
anticipating Boswell's biography. In addition to publishing essays,
memoirs, poetry and travel diaries, she was one of the first women
to produce works on philology and history. Edited by the essayist
Abraham Hayward (1801 84) and incorporating correspondence and
other writings, this two-volume work offers a valuable insight into
the life of an important woman of letters and how she was perceived
by contemporaries and posterity. Reissued here is the enlarged
second edition of 1861. Volume 2 presents her autobiographical
writings together with marginalia, letters and poetry.
Hester Piozzi's 1789 Observations is an entertaining title, with a
conversational, present-tense style that makes it stand out from
other (largely male) travel writing of the period. Extremely
well-educated and accustomed to society and activity, Hester was
stifled in her first marriage to brewer Henry Thrale. A close
friend of Samuel Johnson, she collaborated with him on several
works, but also found herself increasingly called upon to nurse him
as he became ill. Her second marriage to Italian musician Gabriel
Mario Piozzi in 1784 was therefore extremely liberating. The
European travels recounted in these volumes were an escape,
allowing Hester to develop her own literary tone. This first volume
recounts the beginnings of their travels through France and Italy,
and Hester's enjoyment of her experiences shows through clearly in
the liveliness of her writing. For more information on this author,
see http: //orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=piozh
In the second volume of Piozzi's Observations, the travels continue
from Naples and into Germany before the return to England. Well
educated and accustomed to society and activity, Hester relished
her intellectual collaboration and close friendship with Samuel
Johnson, developed during her first marriage to the successful but
stifling Henry Thrale. Yet as Johnson became ill he was
increasingly demanding of her attention as a nurse and they became
susceptible to society gossip. Hester's second marriage, to Italian
musician Gabriel Mario Piozzi in 1784, was therefore extremely
liberating. The European travels recounted in these volumes were an
escape, and Hester revelled in her experiences, a joy which shows
through clearly in this development of her own, non-Johnsonian
literary tone. The books were well received, even being read at
court by Queen Charlotte and Fanny Burney. For more information on
this author, see http:
//orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=piozh
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous to Which are now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected From the Works of Mrs. Piozzi; his Life, Recently Published by Boswell, and Ot (Hardcover)
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous to Which are now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected From the Works of Mrs. Piozzi; his Life, Recently Published by Boswell, and Ot (Paperback)
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi
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