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...Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley) was a mere 17 years old when the Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes) began courting her - not that the ways of courtliness were among His Grace's skill sets. It is hard to imagine, in fact, what commonly recognizable human traits - aside from a passion for his dogs - this dour, emotionally constipated 18th-century man possessed. Essentially, he was doing a deal with Georgiana's mother (Charlotte Rampling), who has assured her that the Spencer women are historically adept at producing male heirs. And the Duke, whose other negative attributes included stupidity, believed...
...imagine their wedding night. The girl is required to lie back and think of England - or at least that vast portion of its acreage that is the Duke's domain. What he may be thinking of is unimaginable to us. Essentially, he is grimly standing to stud. Alas, Georgiana proves incapable for the longest time of producing male children. She is, however, capable of producing gossip. She is a fashion plate, a gambling addict, a drinker, a fiercely loving mother and, even though women did not have the franchise, a shrewd participant in Whig politics. At a certain level...
...quite a lively, and even occasionally a rather touching, piece. The Duchess takes in a young woman named Bess (Hayley Atwell) who is being abused by her brutish husband. In due course, she becomes the Duke's mistress, living more or less comfortably with the Duke and Georgiana. (It is a very big house.) Georgiana also takes a lover: a rising politician, Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper), who will one day father her out-of-wedlock child and, eventually, become prime minister...
...singles victories and suffered just one loss in Ivy League singles this year.Dartmouth took the No. 2 and No. 5 matches in straight sets. At No. 2, Peterzan fell to Zebroski 6-4, 6-1, and in the No. 5 position Curto lost 6-4, 6-0 to Georgiana Smyser, who did not lose an Ancient Eight singles match this season.With the score notched 3-3, all eyes turned to the battle between Krivitski and Markovitz. After moving indoors due to lightning, Markovitz earned the victory and with it the clinching point for the Big Green...
With the score tied at 3-3, only freshman Lizzie Brook—playing her first team singles match for the Crimson—remained on the court against Mustang opponent Georgiana Marta. Brook won the first set 6-3, then led 3-0 in the second before Marta rallied to leave the second set score 5-3 in Brook’s favor. With Brook leading 30-15 in that game—literally two points from both an individual and team victory—Marta elevated her game to win the second set, 7-5, before winning...