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Dolly Varden, the heroine of Dicken`s Barnaby Rudge #235368687
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Painting by W. P. Frith - A Dolly Varden, in this sense, is a woman`s outfit fashionable from about 1869 to 1875 in Britain and the United States. It is named after a character in Charles Dickens, and the items of clothing referred to are usually a hat or dress. Dolly Varden is a character from Charles Dickens`s 1839 historical novel Barnaby Rudge set in 1780. The Dolly Varden costume was an 1870s version of fashions of the 1770s and 1780s.
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