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Hester Lynch Piozzi
1741–1821
Best known for her lively diaries, letters, and sharp observations, this Welsh-born writer offers one of the most vivid windows into the literary world of 18th-century Britain. Her work preserves the voices, friendships, and everyday drama of an age shaped by conversation.
6 Audiobooks
The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821
by Hester Lynch Piozzi, Penelope Pennington
Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings
by Hester Lynch Piozzi
Anecdotes of the Learned Pig With Notes, Critical and Explanatory, and Illustrations from Bozzy, Piozzi &c. &c.
by James Boswell, Hester Lynch Piozzi
Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by Hester Lynch Piozzi
Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Hester Lynch Piozzi
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life
by Hester Lynch Piozzi
About the author
Born Hester Lynch Salusbury in 1741, she became widely known first as Hester Thrale and later as Hester Lynch Piozzi. She was a Welsh-born writer, diarist, and hostess whose home became a lively meeting place for important cultural figures of her time.
She is especially remembered for the journals, letters, and anecdotes that captured the world around Samuel Johnson and his circle. Because she wrote so vividly about the people she knew and the conversations she heard, her work remains an important source for readers interested in 18th-century British literary life.
After the death of her first husband, the brewer Henry Thrale, she married the Italian musician Gabriele Piozzi in 1784. That second marriage caused a stir in her day, but she continued to write and publish, leaving behind a body of work valued for its wit, candor, and eye for character.