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The magnificence of the sea, and its, to use your own beautiful expression, ‘everlasting voice’, is drowned in the din and tumult of stage coaches, gigs, flys, &c.

“Brighton is the receptacle of the fashion and off-scouring of London. Here is a selection of quotes said by him and about him.ġ.

John Constable (1776-1837) was an English painter famous for his landscapes, particularly of the Suffolk countryside. Sir George Brudenel, another honourable manįrom Memoirs of the Life of John Constable Lady Melford, an old friend who offers Julia wise counsel Maria Finch, the most pleasant of Julia’s London acquaintances James Spencer, Woodley’s long-term friendīaron Ton-hausen, an honourable man in London society who is a complete contrast to Sir William Henry Woodley, Julia’s childhood neighbour who is secretly in love with her The Sylph – Julia’s self-appointed guardian angel, who gives her advice on how she should behave Lady Anne Parker, the other lady of fashion that Sir William appoints as Julia’s protector Lady Besford, one of the ladies of fashion that Sir William appoints as Julia’s protector Most of the letters in the book are correspondence between Julia and Louisa.Ĭolonel Jack Montague, Lord Biddulph’s corrupt friend Louisa Grenville, Julia’s much-loved sister. Sir William Stanley, Julia’s dissipated husband Julia, Lady Stanley, the virtuous heroine

It tells the story of Julia Grenville, a virtuous young lady from the country who is beguiled into marriage with the dissipated Sir William Stanley. Like other novels of the time, such as Fanny Burney’s Evelina, The Sylph was written as a series of letters.

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