Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [ Aristocracy / Fashion ]
… Wikimedia Commons, 1787. Abstract Georgiana 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 > Aristocracy People > Fashion Keywords Correspondence Fashion Fiction Gambling … of which had generated a large amount of publicity; there had been no Duchess of Devonshire for two decades and society looked forward to the great Whig dynasty of Cavendish once more having a hostess to revive the splendour of …
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