Autograph letter signed from Hester Lynch Piozzi, Denbigh, to Mrs. Pennington, Bristol [manuscript], 1794 September 11.

Autograph letter signed from Hester Lynch Piozzi, Denbigh, to Mrs. Pennington, Bristol [manuscript], 1794 September 11.

2 leaves ; 30 x 24 cm

Mrs. Piozzi comments on the increased position of terror in novels and declares that Ann Radcliffe "plays that game best." She adds, however, Radcliffe's "tricks used to fright Mrs. Siddons and me very much, but when somebody said her book was like Macbeth, 'Ay,' replied H:L:P, 'about as like as Peppermint Water is to good French Brandy.'" Much of the letter consists of Mrs. Piozzi's parody of Newbery's "Chapter of Kings." Piozzi's verse about French revolutionaries entitled "Chapter of King-killers" begins "When France mad for Freedom her King control'd."

Bifolium.

Chapter of king-killers.

Great Britain -- Wales -- Denbigh.
Great Britain -- England -- Bristol.

Y.c.2085

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