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Leisure and Society
Charlotte Dempster
As a privileged young girl, CD
learned to love dressing for and attending balls, and she continued to do this throughout her adult life. A notable event that she and her sister attended was a...
Literary responses
Charlotte Dempster
In her autobiography, CD
records a conversation she had with the Duke of Albany
when they met in 1884. She said he exclaimed, that is a wonderful book! but why did you make it so...