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Putting ‘The Sylph’ into context

Susan Fitzmaurice visits Chatsworth House to give an introduction to the Duchess's novel, 'The Sylph'

In this video, Susan visits the Sketch Gallery at Chatsworth House to give an introduction to the Duchess of Devonshire’s novel, ‘The Sylph’.

In the next step, we’ll be looking at an extract from this novel.

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