RHODA BROUGHTON.
Rhoda Broufthton, the famous English novelist, is thin and has hatchet features, but her manners aro fascinating to the extreme. She has tbe uoußual power of enthralling men, of whose society she is very proud. She is said, with the single exception of Ouida, to have refused moie offers of marriage than any woman m Europe. One of the most famous and richest dukes m England - a member of the Prince of Wales' set — has proposed to her a score of times, only to be refused. He tried to drown his sorrow and show his ibdiffere. cc by marrying twice m four years. One left him, and he abandoned the other. Both are living A grasswidower for the second time, ho still perseveres, but Miss Broughton considers literature her spouse. She has refused offers from three dukes, an carl or so, and a sprig of the Russian Royal Family, which shown more than ordinary strength of will for an English aristocracy-loving woman.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1637, 16 August 1887, Page 3
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164RHODA BROUGHTON. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1637, 16 August 1887, Page 3
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