The magnificent Mrs. Tennant : the adventurous life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian grande-dame /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Waller, David, 1962-
Other Authors: Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Tennant, Gertrude, > 1819-1918.
Tennant, Gertrude, > 1819-1918 > Diaries.
Tennant, Gertrude, > 1819-1918 > Correspondence.
Tennant, Gertrude, > 1819-1918
1800-1899
Socialites > Great Britain > Biography.
Gentry > Great Britain > Biography.
Salons > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Salons > France > History > 19th century.
Personnalités > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Salons littéraires > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Salons littéraires > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Gentry
Intellectual life
Manners and customs
Salons
Socialites
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
France
Great Britain
Biographies
Diaries
History
Personal correspondence
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • How I found Gertrude Tennant
  • Born into a long line of heroes
  • Early adventures
  • Arrival in Paris
  • Unsentimental education
  • Gertrude meets her future husband
  • Gertrude enters society
  • The marriage market
  • Phantoms of Trouville
  • At home with the Flauberts
  • An improbable romance
  • Portrait of a marriage
  • Charles's Angel in the house?
  • Births and deaths
  • Rita and Emma: two literary heroines
  • Les Misérables
  • Moving up in the world
  • Gertrude's dark night of the soul
  • Re-entering the marriage market
  • Reunited with an old flame
  • En eligible match
  • The delicious dolly
  • A salon in Whitehall
  • Bula Matari in the drawing-room
  • Dolly's choices
  • Quel bel avenir?
  • 'Whom shall I meet in heaven?'

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