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Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Her Life and Letters (1689-1762)

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Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Her Life and Letters (1689-1762)

by Lewis Melville, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

EN·~10 hours·40 chapters

Chapters

40 total

PREFACE

13:19

PREFACE - CHAPTER I - CHILDHOOD (1689-1703)

0:47

CHAPTER II - GIRLHOOD (1703-1710)

0:46

CHAPTER III - COURTSHIP, ELOPEMENT, AND MARRIAGE (1710-1712)

0:44

CHAPTER IV - EARLY MARRIED LIFE (1712-1714)

1:00

CHAPTER V - THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE I (1714)

0:30

CHAPTER VI - LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU'S ACCOUNT OF THE COURT OF GEORGE I - CHAPTER VII - AT HERRENHAUSEN AND ST. JAMES (1714-1716)

0:56

CHAPTER VIII - THE EMBASSY TO THE PORTE (1716-1718)—I

0:40

CHAPTER IX - THE EMBASSY TO THE PORTS (1716-1718)—II

0:37

CHAPTER X - A SCANDAL

0:36

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Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-01-01

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Public domain in the USA.

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10590

Subjects

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About the authors

Lewis Melville

1874–1932

An energetic English man of letters, he wrote biographies, literary studies, and lively works on theater and 18th-century society. He is especially remembered for his books on William Makepeace Thackeray and other major figures from British history and literature.

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

1689–1762

Best remembered for her vivid letters, she turned travel, society, and sharp observation into lively prose that still feels fresh. She is also known for helping introduce smallpox inoculation to Britain after seeing the practice in the Ottoman Empire.

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