Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [ Aristocracy / Fashion ]
… , an epistolary novel that owes a debt to Frances Burney’s Evelina (1778); Burney was initially thought to have been the author. The Sylph tells of an ingénue’s entry into high society as the newly acquired bride of notorious rake, Sir …
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