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Queen of the Wits: A Life of Laetitia Pilkington
by Clarke, Norma
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0571224288
- ISBN 13
- 9780571224289
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HARDBACK "A LIFE OF LAETITIA PILKINGTON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 2008* Publisher: Faber & Faber.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, pale metallic blue title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Illustrated dust wrapper in clear unattached protective wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £20.00. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to head & tail of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: One block of 8pp. colour & b/w photos.* Pages: 321 pp. text. xliii pp. notes, bibliography, index & blank page at rear.* Description: Poetess, fallen woman and wit, Laetitia Pilkington spent her life as close to fame as she was near to ruin. Favoured by, among others, the newly celebrated Jonathan Swift in Ireland in the 1730s, she collected the stories and developed the brazen femininity that would be her only currency in London a decade later. Divorced by her husband after she was exposed as an adulteress, she led a life of precarious self-sufficiency. Through humour and intelligence - and her skilful use of scandal, most notably in her Memoirs - she survived on the very fringes of respectability. Norma Clarke's hugely rich and enjoyable biography tells of a woman determined to be known as a writer on equal terms with men - in spite of Swift's dismissal of her as ?The most profligate whore in either kingdom?. It brings to life a remarkable character, who embodied the scandal, energy and sadness of a time when literature, gossip and the lives they described were inseparable.* A FINE, AS NEW, copy of the 1st./1st. with absolutely minimal shelf wear in clear protective wrapper.*
Synopsis
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- 4705
- Title
- Queen of the Wits: A Life of Laetitia Pilkington
- Author
- Clarke, Norma
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 0571224288
- ISBN 13
- 9780571224289
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- UK 384
- Date Published
- 2008-02-21
- Size
- 14.4 x 3.3 x 22.3 cm
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