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The great Charles Dickens scandal /

Charles Dickens was regarded as the great proponent of hearth and home in Victorian Britain, but in 1858 this image was nearly shattered. With the breakup of his marriage that year, rumors of a scandalous relationship he may have conducted with the young actress Ellen "Nelly" Ternan flouri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Slater, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Colección:JSTOR EBA.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Prologue Dickens in 1857
  • 1. 1858: Enter rumour
  • 2. 1859-1928: Keeping up appearances
  • 3. 1928-1930: Coming to the boil
  • 4. 1934-1938: Boiling over
  • 5. 1939: His daughter's voice
  • 6. 1941-1958: Enter the scholars
  • 7. 1959-1966: The amateur contribution
  • 8. What Gladys knew: the Storey Papers
  • 9. Nelly visible
  • Epilogue: Will we ever know?
  • Appendix 1: Dickens's Personal Statement, 1858
  • Appendix 2: The 'Violated Letter'
  • Who's Who
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.