
L. Adams Beck · English
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L. Adams Beck · English
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A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by E. Barrington Illustrated with Portraits Preface The aim of these stories is not historical exactitude nor unbending accuracy in dates or juxtaposition. They are rather an attempt to re-create the personalities of a succession of charming women, ranging from Elizabeth Pepys, wife of the Diarist, to Fanny Burney and her experiences at the Court of Queen Charlotte. As I have imagined them, so I have set them forth, and if what is written can a

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