Fanny Kemble: A Reluctant CelebritySimon & Schuster, 2005 - 498페이지 Born into a theatrical dynasty, Fanny Kemble lacked the rest of her family's desire to perform. But when their theatre at Covent Garden was threatened with closure in 1829, Fanny reluctantly volunteered to take to the stage. The young actress's debut was a huge success and her life as a nineteenth-century celebrity had begun. Soon Fanny found herself a slave to the stage, paraded around the country by her avaricious father. On a tour of the US she saw a chance to escape in the form of the charming Pierce Butler. However, in marrying him, Fanny had merely cast aside one set of chains for another: Pierce would not tolerate her independence. Fanny was to discover another abhorrent side of her husband -- his money came from plantations in America's South maintained by the slavery system she had grown to loathe. In protest, she set about writing the book that made her the scandal of American society, JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE ON A GEORGIAN PLANTATION, and her marriage collapsed in the midst of Civil War. |
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... Lawrence had been the favourite beaux of Mrs Siddons's two eldest daughters . In those giddy , exhilarating days when Lawrence seemed destined to rival the fame of Reynolds , he had fallen in love with Sally Siddons . She was the elder ...
... Lawrence had been the favourite beaux of Mrs Siddons's two eldest daughters . In those giddy , exhilarating days when Lawrence seemed destined to rival the fame of Reynolds , he had fallen in love with Sally Siddons . She was the elder ...
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... Lawrence's penchant for mixing sentimental seduction into his sittings when working with attractive women . Lawrence's art was an extension of himself - just as his portraits aimed to give every sitter ( as Fanny put it ) the ' best ...
... Lawrence's penchant for mixing sentimental seduction into his sittings when working with attractive women . Lawrence's art was an extension of himself - just as his portraits aimed to give every sitter ( as Fanny put it ) the ' best ...
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... Lawrence finished his sketch of Fanny . Her mother was the first to be shown the drawing . ( Showman that he was , the artist did not allow glimpses of work in progress . ) As she stood in silence contemplating it Lawrence prompted her ...
... Lawrence finished his sketch of Fanny . Her mother was the first to be shown the drawing . ( Showman that he was , the artist did not allow glimpses of work in progress . ) As she stood in silence contemplating it Lawrence prompted her ...
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