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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Mary Wortley Montagu author James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Wharncliffe editor William Moy Thomas editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:19th May '11

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The third edition of Letters and Works (1866) offers insight into one of the most unconventional women in British history.

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 valuable insight into the ambitions and frustrations of one of the most unconventional women of the eighteenth century.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

ISBN: 9781108073158

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 31mm

Weight: 680g

544 pages