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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... story - the actress who left career and country to marry for love . Fanny Kemble had her prin- cipal residence in ... story . Fanny Kemble's is not a simple love story ; it is the uneasy quest for self - respect of an outsider in society ...
... story - the actress who left career and country to marry for love . Fanny Kemble had her prin- cipal residence in ... story . Fanny Kemble's is not a simple love story ; it is the uneasy quest for self - respect of an outsider in society ...
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... story of Thomas Harris , the co - proprietor of Covent Garden . Harris once leapt on her while she was trying to discuss a play with him . She escaped by pulling his hair , the punchline of her story being : ' I d - d - don't know wh ...
... story of Thomas Harris , the co - proprietor of Covent Garden . Harris once leapt on her while she was trying to discuss a play with him . She escaped by pulling his hair , the punchline of her story being : ' I d - d - don't know wh ...
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... stories of virtue conquering fortune and dedicating it to the highest purposes ' provided a handbook of personal ethics especially suited to someone aspiring to win status through their tal- ents . The writer's version of the Jacobite story ...
... stories of virtue conquering fortune and dedicating it to the highest purposes ' provided a handbook of personal ethics especially suited to someone aspiring to win status through their tal- ents . The writer's version of the Jacobite story ...
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