This biography follows Mary Russell Mitford from her childhood in Alresford and Lyme Regis through school in Chelsea, the years at Bertram House and the poverty brought on by her father’s gambling, to the Berkshire village life she turned into Our Village. It draws heavily on her letters and on her friendships with writers of the age.
A rich portrait of a much-loved writer and the literary friendships of her era. Download the free EPUB.