Selected Letters - Couverture souple

Montagu, Mary Wortley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140434909 ISBN 13 : 9780140434903

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1997

Synopsis

Book by Montagu Mary Wortley

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was a brilliant English writer and essayist of the 18th Century.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140434909
• ISBN 13: 9780140434903
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 576