A revised selection of Lady Montagu's letters. Besides presenting a vivid picture of manners in a picturesque age, they contain a unique series of impressions from foreign courts seldom visited and nowhere else so intimately described. Lady Mary was the wife of a popular ambassador and, wielding the charm of a strong personality, was enabled to see and hear many things of which the ordinary traveler, or resident abroad, knew-and knows-little or nothing. Originally written, for the most part, to her sisters, her daughter, or to very intimate friends, her Letters are unusually detailed and frank. She was a keen observer, not superior to the love of gossip with a quick eye for the telling features of a story or situation, and an easy, effective style.
By:
Mary Wortley Montagu Introduction by:
Isobel Grundy Edited by:
Isobel Grundy Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 199mm,
Width: 133mm,
Spine: 34mm
Weight: 424g ISBN:9780140434903 ISBN 10: 0140434909 Pages: 576 Publication Date:30 January 1997 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was a brilliant English writer and essayist of the 18th Century.
