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Hester Lynch Piozzi
1741–1821
A lively voice from 18th-century Britain, she left behind diaries, letters, and observations that still bring Samuel Johnson’s circle and everyday Georgian life vividly to life. Her writing mixes sharp wit, curiosity, and a strong sense of personality.
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 Wales, she became widely known first as Hester Thrale and later as Hester Lynch Piozzi. She was a writer, diarist, and hostess whose home became a gathering place for leading literary and cultural figures of her day.
She is especially remembered for her close friendship with Samuel Johnson and for the records she kept of conversations, travels, and social life. Those journals and letters have made her one of the most valuable firsthand witnesses to 18th-century British literary culture.
After the death of her first husband, the brewer Henry Thrale, she married the Italian musician Gabriele Piozzi. Her work includes travel writing, anecdote, and reflection, and it still stands out for its energy, intelligence, and unusually direct view of the world around her.