Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [ Aristocracy / Fashion ]
… Cavendish, fifth Duchess of Devonshire captivated late eighteenth-century society with her youth, charm and high rank. Her epistolary novel The Sylph explores the relationship between high society, sociability and suicide. People > … and her youth pushed Cavendish towards creating her own circle of friends, and her noted charm, high spirits and high rank made her a social sensation with the ‘bon ton’. 1 . Horace Walpole to Lady Ossory, Wednesday 1st February, 1775, The … relationship between high society, sociability and suicide and reveals a clash between a man of honour, indicated by his rank and lives in high society, and the practitioner of true sociability. The Sylph shocked critics, primarily because it …
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