Lady Blessington’s Conversations of Lord Byron (1834) is as much an act of self-fashioning for Lady Blessington as a memoir of Lord Byron. Blessington’s pleas for a more generous understanding of Byron’s nature and morals parallel her own desire to shed her racy reputation. Furthermore, by showcasing herself as Byron’s well-matched sparring partner, Lady Blessington highlights her own discernment, ready wit, and clarity of mind—often in contrast to Mme de Staël. Between bouts of literary and political gossip, Lady Blessington constitutes herself as Byron’s moral guide, particularly when it comes to Lady Byron and the calamitous Byron marriage. She emphasizes Byron’s deep religious feelings, emphasizing his charities and his altruism in being prepared to die for Greece almost as much as she emphasizes his mobility of disposition and incessantly playful, unserious chatter. Lady Blessington cannily chose to publish the Conversations first in the influential and illustrious New Monthly Magazine from 1832 to 1833. Publishing in such a prominent periodical enabled her not only to respond to criticism even while publishing her work but also to help shape the image of British literary Romanticism for decades to come through her portrait of one of Romanticism’s defining figures.