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Mary Wortley Montagu

Born

in Nottinghamshire, England

May 26, 1689

Died

August 21, 1762

Genre

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The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English aristocrat and writer. Montagu is today chiefly remembered for her letters, particularly her letters from Turkey, which have been described by Billie Melman as “the very first example of a secular work by a woman about the Muslim Orient”.

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	Turkish Embassy Letters 3.47 avg rating — 1,072 ratings — published 1718 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life on the Golden Horn 3.68 avg rating — 145 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe 3.72 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1800 — 177 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Letters by Mary Wortley Montagu, Isobel Grundy (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1970 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reason That Induced Dr. Swift to Write a Poem Called the Lady’s Dressing Room 3.98 avg rating — 43 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; 3.78 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2006 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Vol 1: 1708-20 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1965 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doğu Mektupları 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Including Her Correspondence, Poems, and Essays, 6th edtion 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1817 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters by Mary Wortley Montagu, Clare Brant (Introduction) 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1906 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.”
― Mary Wortley Montagu

tags: reading

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“I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.”
― Mary Wortley Montagu

tags: advice, myself

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“Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on.”
― Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

tags: education, feminism, learning, philosophy

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