Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… Abstract Often considered a contradictory character herself, Hester Thrale Piozzi, now best remembered as a Bluestocking hostess and biographer of Samuel Johnson, embodies some of the contradictions of eighteenth-century sociable lives: … of her social gatherings and through her literary works. People > Art and Literature People > Travel Keywords Bluestockings Commerce Friendship Italy Literature Politics Born into a Welsh family proud of its ancestry, Hester Lynch … ed. A Hayward, 2 vols (London: Longman, 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 …
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