1728–1761), the son of an earlier moral writer, Sarah Chapone (1699–1764), but she was soon widowed. She was married in 1760 to the solicitor John Chapone (c. Her earliest published works were four brief pieces for Samuel Johnson's journal The Rambler in 1750. She was educated more thoroughly than most girls in that period, learning French, Italian and Latin, and began writing regularly and corresponding with other writers at the age of 18. Hester, the daughter of Thomas Mulso (1695–1763), a gentleman farmer, and his wife (died 1747/1748), a daughter of Colonel Thomas, wrote a romance at the age of nine entitled "The Loves of Amoret and Melissa", which earned her mother's disapproval. She became associated with the London Bluestockings. Hester Chapone née Mulso (27 October 1727, in Twywell, Northamptonshire – 25 December 1801, in Hadwell, Middlesex), was an English writer of conduct books for women.
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