Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Notices of the Earl of Blessington; 2. Departure of the Blessingtons from London, on a continental tour, September, 1822; 3. Byron and the Blessingtons at Genoa; 4. The City and Bay of Naples; 5. Departure from Naples; 6. Return to Paris, in June, 1828; 7. Conversational powers of distinguished persons; 8. The break-up at Gore House; 9. Arrival of Lady Blessington in Paris, in the middle of April, 1849; 10. Notice of the career, literary tastes, and talents of Lady Blessington; 11. Notice of the writings of Lady Blessington; 12. Lines addressed to Lady Blessington by various persons; 13. Notice of Count Alfred d'Orsay; Appendix.

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R. R. Madden's 1855 three-volume biography of the Countess of Blessington documents her brilliant literary salon and her eventual financial ruin.