Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [ Aristocracy / Fashion ]
… novel The Sylph explores the relationship between high society, sociability and suicide. People > Aristocracy People > Fashion Keywords Correspondence Fashion Fiction Gambling Politics Suicide Georgiana Cavendish, the fifth Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806), was the … Walpole’s Correspondence, ed. W.S Lewis, 48 volumes (1937-1983), vol. 32, p. 232. Cavendish became the figurehead of the fashionable world and all that she did, said and wore was widely reported and imitated. She popularized the …
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