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Georgiana Cavendish

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in Althorp, The United Kingdom

June 07, 1757

Died

March 30, 1806

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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer) was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and mother of the 6th Duke of Devonshire. Her father, John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, was a great-grandson of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her niece was Lady Caroline Lamb. She was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. She attained a large amount of fame in her lifetime.She became notorious for her marital arrangements, her catastrophic love affairs, and her love of gambling; she was famous for her beauty and her political campaigning; and she was a leader of fashionable style. Cavendish wrote a number of works of both prose and poetry during her lifetime. In 1779, she anonymously publ ...more

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	The Sylph by Georgiana Cavendish, Jonathan David Gross (Introduction) 3.64 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1778 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emma; Or, The Unfortunate Attachment: A Sentimental Novel by Georgiana Cavendish, Jonathan David Gross 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sylph: A Novel, Volume 2 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sylph, Vol. 1 of 2: A Novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1779 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Passage of the Mountain of Saint Gothard, a Poem; By Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Favorite Song, sung by Mrs Bland in the Stranger, the words by R. B. Sheridan ... the air by Her Grace the Dutchess of Devonshire. [Score.] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The sylph; a novel. In two volumes. ... Volume 2 of 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sylph; a Novel. In two Volumes. The Third Edition ... of 2; Volume 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The sylph; a novel. In two volumes. ... Volume 1 of 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sheridan, from new and original material 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“So away goes reflection; and we are whirled away in the stream of dissipation, with the rest of the world. This seems a very sufficient reason for every thing we do, The rest of the world does so: that's quite enough.”
― Georgiana Cavendish, The Sylph

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“Sure never two people were more strongly contrasted than the Baron and the Colonel. The one seems the kindly sun, cherishing the tender herbage of the field; the other, the blasting mildew, breathing its pestiferous venom over every beautiful plant and flower. However, do you, my love, only regard them as virtue and vice personified; look on them as patterns and examples; view them in no other light; for in no other can they be of any advantage to you.”
― Georgiana Cavendish, The Sylph: Volume I and II

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“My native country! exclaimed he, What is my native country, what the whole globe itself, to that spot which contains all?”
― Georgiana Cavendish, The Sylph: Volume I and II

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