Autobiography of Mrs. Fletcher of Edinburgh by Eliza Fletcher... - 9781108020923

Autobiography of Mrs. Fletcher of EdinburghWith Selections from Her Letters and Other Family Memorials\nAuthor(s): Eliza Fletcher, Mary Richardson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108020923, 978-1108020923\nSynopsis\nEliza Fletcher (born Eliza Dawson[tel] was an English writer, literary patron and supporter of parliamentary reform and liberal politics. Fletcher became a patron of the poets Ann Yearsley and Hannah More, and later in life formed friendships with prominent writers Elizabeth Gaskell and Harriet Martineau. After her marriage to politician and electoral reformer Archibald Fletcher in 1791, she became more radical in her political views. This volume, first published in 1874, contains Fletcher's autobiography, edited by her daughter, Lady Mary Richardson. Fletcher describes her life chronologically, providing fascinating detail on her childhood and adolescence, and citing corresponden]