Selected Letters

By Mary Wortley Montagu

Book Overview

Revised

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140434909
• ISBN13: 9780140434903
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Not Your Normal Page-turner

A page-turner is what this turned out to be for me. I first read about Lady Mary while reading another book whose author described her as 'an intrepid 18th-century traveler'. That intrigued me. I meant to get Lady Mary's 'Travels' and found this delightful book instead. Her letters were so enjoyable it was hard for me to put this book aside. There's so much humor, wisdom and intelligence in her writing. She had a true spirit of adventure. I came away from this book admiring Lady Mary very much. It's a real shame her work is not more well known.

A Very Interesting Lady......

I stumbled upon this book while researching an essay on early modern women writers and quickly came to admire this wonderful woman. She has an intelligent and amusing way of describing and relating people and incidents. She has all the intelligence, brilliance and wit of Jane Austen. I highly recommend this for all those who love the lives of intelligent, spirited and talented women.