# Leigh Hunt — Table-Talk character guide

> Leigh Hunt in Table-Talk by William Hazlitt.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Leigh Hunt, Hunt, Mr. Leigh Hunt

**First appearance:** 0020-volume-ii-on-the-aristocracy-of-letters

## Who they are

Poet and essayist, friend of Hazlitt, mentioned in literary contexts.

## In the story

### [On People with One Idea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/table_talk_se/chapters/volume-i-on-people-with-one-idea)

Mentioned in an anecdote where he comments on Hazlitt's knowledge of a subject, illustrating the contrast between genuine expertise and affected monomania.

### [Why Distant Objects Please](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/table_talk_se/chapters/volume-ii-why-distant-objects-please)

Mentioned as the author of a paper in the Indicator on toy-shops, which Hazlitt praises and declines to imitate.

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