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Sophie Enys was the second child and middle daughter of Dwight and Caroline Enys.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Sophie was the second of three daughters born to Dwight and Caroline Enys. Her elder sister, Sarah died of a heart defect four to five years earlier. Sophie was joined by a younger sister, Meliora in the next two years.[2]
Teenage years[]
In December 1819, Sophie and her family attended Geoffrey Charles and Amadora Poldark's dinner at Trenwith.[2] In June 1820, Sophie and Meliora spent the day at the beach with Demelza, Clowance and Henry Poldark, and Edward Fitzmaurice.[3] In September 1820, she was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Clowance and Edward.[4]
Appearance[]
At the age of sixteen, Sophie was tall in height.[2]
Notes and sources[]
- ↑ Bella Poldark, Book 2 (Agneta), Chapter 6: during a dinner party on "the twenty-first of December" in 1819, Graham gave her age: "Sophie, aged sixteen". For Sophie to be 16 at that time, she had to be born during these dates.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bella Poldark, Book 2 (Agneta), Chapter 6
- ↑ Bella Poldark, Book 4 (Clowance), Chapter 6
- ↑ Bella Poldark, Book 4 (Clowance), Chapter 9