Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [ Aristocracy / Fashion ]
… Cavendish and the uncommunicative and emotionally inexpressive Duke of Devonshire ill matched. None the less both parties remained set on the union, the anticipation of which had generated a large amount of publicity; there had been no … felt trapped: ‘When I first came into the world the novelty of the scene made me like everything’, she wrote ‘But my heart now feels an emptiness in the beau monde which cannot be filled […] nobody can think how much I am tired sometimes … rapists, adulterers and suicides. The eponymous character is a guardian spirit that appears in response to Julia’s heartfelt cry for the need of someone to guide her through the dangers of this strange new world, and who is ultimately …
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