Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… for her works. However, Hester Thrale Piozzi is also noteworthy for the European influence she brought to British sociability both by means of her social gatherings and through her literary works. People > Art and Literature People > … considered out of bounds to fashionable society ( Autobiography, vol.II, 33). Hester also came to know commercial sociability through her growing involvement in the brewery business to avert financial ruin, a move that Samuel Johnson … Green, and Roberts: 1861), vol.2, p. 23. Gradually, the Thrales developed a working relationship: Streatham’s ‘domestic’ sociability – that is, at home with numerous guests – suited both husband and wife. They relished conversations that were …
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