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   Henry Thrale (m. 1763), Gabriel Mario Piozzi. . . ( m. 1784) . Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi (née Salusbury; later Piozzi; 27 January 1741 or 16 January 1740 – 2 May 1821), [Note 1] a Welsh-born diarist, author, socialite and patron of the arts, is an important source on Samuel Johnson and 18th-century English life.

   • Other names: Hester Salusbury, Hester Piozzi
   • Died: 2 May 1821 (aged 80), Clifton, Bristol, England

   • Born: Hester Lynch Salusbury, 27 January 1741, Caernarvonshire, Wales
   • Spouse(s): Henry Thrale (m. 1763), Gabriel Mario Piozzi (m. 1784)

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   Apr 30, 2024 · Hester Lynch Piozzi (born Jan. 27, 1740, Bodvel, Carnarvonshire, Wales—died May 2, 1821, Clifton, Bristol, Eng.) was an English writer and friend of Samuel Johnson. In 1763 she married a wealthy brewer named Henry Thrale. In January 1765 Samuel Johnson was brought to dinner, and the next year, following a severe illness, Johnson spent most of ...

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   • It is Johnson’s relation to Hester Thrale—the woman he lived with, whom he loved, and who wrote the only contemporaneous account that gives a credibly different picture of what the great man was like. Meyers, to his credit, tries to look frankly at the evidence about their peculiar erotic relation.

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   Who is Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi?

   • Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi (née Salusbury; later Piozzi; 27 January 1741 or 16 January 1740 – 2 May 1821), [Note 1] a Welsh-born diarist, author, socialite and patron of the arts, is an important source on Samuel Johnson and 18th-century English life.

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   Who was Hester Lynch Thrale?

   • Hester Lynch Thrale was the convivial hostess and Samuel Johnson an honourable guest, who entered the house as a friend and lived there for the next fourteen years. The Streatham Circle, as it was called, rivalled with the other salons and clubs of London for more than a decade, devising their own conventions and social behaviour.

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   Why did Henry Thrale marry Hester?

   • When Henry Thrale died, in 1781—grief-stricken at the death of his only son, he more or less ate himself to death—Johnson’s circle took it for granted that he would marry Hester. It was a way of attaching themselves for life, and perhaps also a way of making shaming sexual acts somehow acceptable.

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   Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi is one of the most interesting female writers of the late eighteenth century. The only daughter of an impoverished Welsh family, she received an excellent education “although Education was a Word then unknown, as applied to Females” ( Thraliana ). At the age of sixteen she could read and write fluently in French ...

5. en.chateauversailles.fr › hester-thraleVisitors’ tales | Hester Thrale - Palace of Versailles

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   Hester Thrale, a British traveller and writer, visited the Palace of Versailles in 1775 and wrote a letter to her friend Dr Johnson about her impressions. She described the grandeur, pomp and beauty of the palace, the crowds of visitors, and the scandal of her marriage to a music teacher. Read her account and see a portrait of her.

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7. nation.cymru › culture › review-hester-lynch-thraleReview: Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi's biography is accessible ...

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   Oct 18, 2020 · Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi by Michael John Franklin. Sarah Tanburn. Hester Piozzi is the eponymous subject of a new addition to the Writers of Wales series by Michael John Franklin, a welcome survey of the life of an underrated woman who kept Welshness close to her heart through a long life of doublings and change.

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   Nov 30, 2008 · Hester Thrale, the subject of a biography just published in Britain—“Hester,” by Ian McIntyre (Constable; £25)—is one of the most appealing people of the late eighteenth century, and part ...

9. artuk.org › discover › storiesWho were the Bluestockings? | Art UK

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   Apr 26, 2019 · The Bluestockings were an eighteenth-century literary group of aristocratic and brilliant women who championed the art of refined and intellectual conversation. They were often defined as radical for their time, but in fact they were rather conservative in their aims. Learn about their history, members, and legacy from Art UK Stories.