LETTERS TO SOPHIA: THE AFTERLIVES OF HESTER THRALE SUNDIAL The distinctive fan-shaped leaves of

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LETTERS TO SOPHIA: THE AFTERLIVES OF HESTER THRALE SUNDIAL The distinctive fan-shaped leaves ofThe story of Hester Thrales life after her second marriage to Gabriel Piozzi in 1784, told through the letters she wrote to her daughter Sophia. The chance discovery of letters from Hester Thrale (17411821) to her daughter, Sophia, offers an opportunity to rethink our understanding of one of the key figures in the life of the dictionary maker and moralist, Dr Samuel Johnson. Much maligned after the death of her first husband for her decision to marry