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The Sylph
Georgiana, Duchess Of Devonshire. Ed(S): Gross, Jonathan David
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Description for The Sylph
Paperback. Follows Julia Grenville, a Welsh beauty who knows little of the world until her marriage to the older Lord Stanley. Through Julia's letters to her sister, this book helps readers learn more of Julia's new life in London - her unfaithful husband, her miscarriage, her disillusionment with the city and its fashions. Editor(s): Gross, Jonathan David. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
This ranging epistolary novel follows Julia Grenville, a Welsh beauty who knows little of the world until her marriage to the older Lord Stanley. Through Julia's letters to her sister, readers learn more of Julia's new life in London - her unfaithful husband, her miscarriage, her disillusionment with the city and its fashions. Other letters reveal that Julia has a longtime admirer, Harry Woodley, from her former life, as well as a mysterious guardian angel: her Sylph. This character guides Julia away from the depravities of her life in London, including her gambling problem. The Sylph is also another sympathetic ... Read more
This ranging epistolary novel follows Julia Grenville, a Welsh beauty who knows little of the world until her marriage to the older Lord Stanley. Through Julia's letters to her sister, readers learn more of Julia's new life in London - her unfaithful husband, her miscarriage, her disillusionment with the city and its fashions. Other letters reveal that Julia has a longtime admirer, Harry Woodley, from her former life, as well as a mysterious guardian angel: her Sylph. This character guides Julia away from the depravities of her life in London, including her gambling problem. The Sylph is also another sympathetic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810122291
SKU
V9780810122291
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About Georgiana, Duchess Of Devonshire. Ed(S): Gross, Jonathan David
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (b. 1757) first published The Sylph anonymously in 1779. She was a close friend of Marie Antoinette and an ancestor of Diana Spencer. Jonathan Gross is a professor and the director of the DePaul University Humanities Center. He is the author of Byron: The Erotic Liberal, Byron's ""Corbeau Blanc"": The Life and Letters of Lady Melbourne, ... Read more
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