… Baillie. The Berrys' friendship with (or patronage through) Walpole – writer, collector, author, creator of the mock Gothic mansion Strawberry Hill – whom they met in 1788, helped the two young women and their father Robert to become …
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… morphed into new avatars. The influence of the eighteenth-century rake cannot be denied in later archetypes such as the Gothic villain, the Byronic anti-hero and even the vampire. 10 In recent years, the rake has enjoyed a renewed interest, …