Excerpt from Helena Faucit: Lady Martin The F aucits had a large family, four sons and two daughters, of whom Helena, born in 1817, was the youngest. The three elder sons were all actors, of more or less distinction. The youngest, educated as a doctor, died in Australia. The eldest girl, Harriet, was eight years older than her sister Helena, but they were from the first bound together by ties of the strongest affection. This was, no doubt, cemented by the fact that in their early years they were almost wholly separated ...
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Excerpt from Helena Faucit: Lady Martin The F aucits had a large family, four sons and two daughters, of whom Helena, born in 1817, was the youngest. The three elder sons were all actors, of more or less distinction. The youngest, educated as a doctor, died in Australia. The eldest girl, Harriet, was eight years older than her sister Helena, but they were from the first bound together by ties of the strongest affection. This was, no doubt, cemented by the fact that in their early years they were almost wholly separated from their parents, who were actively engaged in the exercise of their profession - the mother in London, the father in the provinces. The girls were therefore sent to be educated and trained at an excellent boarding-school in Greenwich, in which they found a home, where they were thoroughly happy, and where they were brought up with an exemplary care, of which they always spoke with gratitude. Here the younger sister remained for several years after her sister Harriet, having finished her education, went, after a short period of study, upon the stage. She appeared with success at the Haymarket in 1828 as Letitia Hardy and Ophelia, and became a favourite actress there and also in the provinces. What the two sisters were to each other we see from the fact, that from their first youth Birdie was the pet name by which Helena was called by her sister. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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