UID:
almafu_9960118901402883
Format:
1 online resource (370 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-15604-4
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Literary studies
Uniform Title:
Correspondence. Selections
Content:
This four-volume edition of the letters of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800), the 'Queen of the Bluestockings', was edited by her nephew and adopted son Matthew (1762-1831) and published in 1809-13. The daughter of wealthy parents, and well educated in history and languages, at the age of twenty-one she married Edward Montagu, a grandson of the earl of Sandwich whose income derived from northern estates and coal mines, and began to establish a London salon attended by the intellectual cream of British society, including Johnson, Burke, Garrick, Hannah More and Hester Chapone. The letters (and some correspondence from her circle) are arranged chronologically. Volume 4 covers the period from 1755 to 1761, and Montagu's correspondents include her sister and Mrs Elizabeth Carter, another member of the Bluestocking circle. The selection ends with her description of the coronation of George III in September 1761.
Note:
Originally published in London by T. Cadell in 1813.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016).
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-08172-X
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316156049
