The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens
This is the story of someone who - almost - wasn't there; who vanished into thin air. Her names, dates, family and experiences very nearly disappeared from the record for good. 'Claire Tomalin's multi-award-winning story of the life of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens is a remarkable work of...
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This is the story of someone who - almost - wasn't there; who vanished into thin air. Her names, dates, family and experiences very nearly disappeared from the record for good. 'Claire Tomalin's multi-award-winning story of the life of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens is a remarkable work of biography and historical revisionism. It not only returns the neglected actress to her rightful place in history, but provides a compelling and truthful portrait of the great Victorian novelist.' A biography of high scholarship and compelling detective work' - Melvyn Bragg, "Independent".
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140121360 (0140121366)
ASIN: 0140121366
Publish date: 1991-09-26
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Romance,
Biography Memoir,
Womens,
Historical
Charles Dickens treated his wife horribly late in thier marriage. He was a jerk. In part this was because of his relatlionship with Nelly Ternan. But what was that realitionship? Claire Tomlin argues that the affair was an affair in all the main senses and while she doesn't use the term, on...
Quite an interesting read about a woman who has been largely written out of Dicken's life. A woman who may or may not have been his mistress but with the secrecy surrounding her and her relationship with Dicken, and from the belief of many of the people around her (including at least one of Dicken'...
15 years ago
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