Project Gutenberg 2012-01-08 Public domain in the USA. 113 Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire 1757 1806 Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire Spencer, Georgiana The Sylph, Volume I and II Produced by Dr. Clare Graham, Laura McDonald at http:www.girlebooks.com and Marc D'Hooghe (From images generously made available by the Internet Archive) "The Sylph, Volume I and II" by Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire is a novel written in the late 18th century. It appears to delve into themes of romance, social class, and the experiences of young women during a period of societal transition. The narrative follows the character of W. Stanley, who reflects on his turbulent emotions and romantic exploits, particularly involving a beautiful woman he becomes infatuated with, suggesting complex love dynamics and the intersection of personal desire with societal expectations. At the start of the novel, the protagonist, W. Stanley, addresses his friend Lord Biddulph, revealing that he is now married, which seems to surprise his friend. Stanley recounts his impulsive marriage to a beautiful but naive country woman, leading him to reminisce about his passionate but reckless escapades in the pursuit of love. After a near-fatal accident while admiring two enchanting women in the Welsh mountains, he finds himself convalescing at the home of a kind host, Mr. Grenville. Locked in a battle between his newfound domesticity and his previous lifestyle of carefree seductions, Stanley's inner conflict manifests as he becomes increasingly enamored with Julia, the daughter of Mr. Grenville, thereby complicating his situation as he navigates the expectations of love and marriage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Epistolary fiction Guardian angels -- Fiction Welsh -- England -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 489478 489516 2024-09-16T08:57:32.304175 2023-09-17T04:09:40.290907 text/html text/html 469499 2024-04-03T08:44:16 text/html 247815 2024-09-16T08:57:39.136112 application/epub+zip 255229 2024-09-16T08:57:33.865148 application/epub+zip 255229 2024-09-16T08:57:32.936174 application/epub+zip 457523 2024-09-16T08:57:43.368114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436725 2024-09-16T08:57:38.409156 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437049 2022-09-17T14:42:59.980048 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468061 2024-09-16T08:57:31.672675 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 448152 2024-04-03T09:24:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16061 2024-09-16T08:57:43.503108 application/rdf+xml 16198 2024-09-16T08:57:33.305134 image/jpeg 4325 2024-09-16T08:57:33.124151 image/jpeg 247101 2024-09-16T08:57:32.350138 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog