- Thrales End
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- Thrales of Sandridge
- Thrales of St Albans
- Thrales of Wheathampstead
- Thrales of Streatham
- Henry Thrale (1724/9-1781)
- Hester Thrale (1741 - 1821)
- Hester Thrale's homes and properties
- Hester Lynch Thrale's works
- Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale
- Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale - Preface
- Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale - part 1
- Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale - part 2
- Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale - part 3
- Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale - part 4
- Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale - part 5
- Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale - part 6
- Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale - part 7
- Thraliana - The diary of Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale
- Retrospection
- Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale
- Latin ode to Hester Thrale
- Mrs Thrale at 35 verses
- Criticism of Hester Thrale
- Hester and Gabriel Piozzi
- End of the Samuel Johnson era
- Hester's eightieth birthday ball & final year
- Hester's death
- Hester Thrale obituaries
- St Leonards' Church, Streatham
- Thrales of Nottinghamshire
- Mr Thrale and Sarah Tarver née Fox
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale
The Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson or the Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life by Hester Thrale, was first published 26 March 1786.
Samuel Johnson: by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1772-8
It was based on the various notes and anecdotes of Samuel Johnson that Thrale kept in her Thraliana. She wrote the work in Italy while she lived there for three years after marrying Gabriel Piozzi.
The work was first published 26 March 1786. In 1815, Hester claimed:
At Rome we received letters saying the book was bought with such avidity, that Cadell had not one copy left when the King sent for it at ten o'clock at night, and he was forced to be one from a friend to supply his Majesty's impatience, who sate up all night reading it. I received £300, a sum unexampled in those days for so small a volume.
The Gentleman's Magazine of March 1786 said:
On the third morning after the book was published not a copy of it could be obtained.
The book went into four editions during 1786.
The Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson or the Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life by Hester Thrale, was first published 26 March 1786.
It was based on the various notes and anecdotes of Samuel Johnson that Thrale kept in her Thraliana. She wrote the work in Italy while she lived there for three years after marrying Gabriel Piozzi.
The work was first published 26 March 1786. In 1815, Hester claimed:
At Rome we received letters saying the book was bought with such avidity, that Cadell had not one copy left when the King sent for it at ten o'clock at night, and he was forced to be one from a friend to supply his Majesty's impatience, who sate up all night reading it. I received £300, a sum unexampled in those days for so small a volume.
The Gentleman's Magazine of March 1786 said:
On the third morning after the book was published not a copy of it could be obtained.
The book went into four editions during 1786.
- History:
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| Written by Hester Lynch Thrale between 6 April and 20 September 1785 and first published March 1786, by Cadell of London. The text of this book is taken from the Project Gutenberg Etext [#2423] by Les Bowler, St. Ives, Dorset from the 1901 Cassell and Company edition. This version has been formatted for ease of reading and given hyperlinks to information about historical figures, works and places. |