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Yes Papa! Mrs Chapone and the Bluestocking Circle: A Biography of Hester Mulso - Mrs Chapone (1727-1801), a Bluestocking

Barbara Eaton

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Description:Barbara Eaton’s fascinating study is the first full length biography to set Chapone among her contemporaries.Hester Chapone, an early bluestocking, was born in 1727. Unlike her brothers, but like so many women of her time, she was denied an education and determinedly set about educating herself. Becoming a member of Samuel Richardson’s coterie, she entered into correspondence with him on filial duty as portrayed in Clarissa. Richardson christened her ‘Little Spitfire’ and asked her to contribute to Sir Charles Grandison, his final novel. When tragedy hit her marriage she was left in debt and turned to writing for money. In 1773 Letters on the Improvement of the Mind was published and became a bestseller until well into the 19th Century. Highly influential in the education of girls it was mentioned by Sheridan in The Rivals, Thackeray in Vanity Fair, and by Jane Austen as Edmund’s model for Fanny’s education in Mansfield Park. It was also the object of satire in the anonymously published Anti-Chapone in 1810.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Yes Papa! Mrs Chapone and the Bluestocking Circle: A Biography of Hester Mulso - Mrs Chapone (1727-1801), a Bluestocking. To get started finding Yes Papa! Mrs Chapone and the Bluestocking Circle: A Biography of Hester Mulso - Mrs Chapone (1727-1801), a Bluestocking, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 270

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Francis Boutle Publishers

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1903427703

Description: Barbara Eaton’s fascinating study is the first full length biography to set Chapone among her contemporaries.Hester Chapone, an early bluestocking, was born in 1727. Unlike her brothers, but like so many women of her time, she was denied an education and determinedly set about educating herself. Becoming a member of Samuel Richardson’s coterie, she entered into correspondence with him on filial duty as portrayed in Clarissa. Richardson christened her ‘Little Spitfire’ and asked her to contribute to Sir Charles Grandison, his final novel. When tragedy hit her marriage she was left in debt and turned to writing for money. In 1773 Letters on the Improvement of the Mind was published and became a bestseller until well into the 19th Century. Highly influential in the education of girls it was mentioned by Sheridan in The Rivals, Thackeray in Vanity Fair, and by Jane Austen as Edmund’s model for Fanny’s education in Mansfield Park. It was also the object of satire in the anonymously published Anti-Chapone in 1810.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Yes Papa! Mrs Chapone and the Bluestocking Circle: A Biography of Hester Mulso - Mrs Chapone (1727-1801), a Bluestocking. To get started finding Yes Papa! Mrs Chapone and the Bluestocking Circle: A Biography of Hester Mulso - Mrs Chapone (1727-1801), a Bluestocking, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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