Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… hostess, she was ostracized by society on account of her second marriage. A writer who introduced the anecdotal biography, she was mauled by literary critics for her works. However, Hester Thrale Piozzi is also noteworthy for the … – now alluring some well-known visitors into an area previously 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 … and by canvassing for her husband’s seat as a Member of Parliament for Southwark (Franklin 43, 63). 3 . See also Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), in ed. A Hayward, 2 vols (London: Longman, Green, and …
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