The Resource The invisible woman : the story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens, Claire Tomalin
The invisible woman : the story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens, Claire Tomalin
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- Summary
- This volume is a biography of Ellen "Nelly" Ternan, who was for the last thirteen years of Charles Dickens's life, was his secret obsession and intimate companion. She was an actress but within a few years of meeting Dickens she left the stage and disappeared from public view. Her disappearance was considered essential for the protection of Dickens's good name with a public that idolized him. Nelly's three lives - as child actress, as hidden love and as ultra-respectable wife and mother - span the whole of the Victorian and Edwardian ages. Until now her story has been considered only in the light of its impact on Dickens. For the first time, the author has chosen to look at Nelly's story from her own point of view. This book is at once biography, literary criticism and social history, and contains an original and extraordinary account of the theatrical world that both nurtured Nelly and held Dickens in thrall throughout his life
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Vintage books ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 333 pages
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1991
- Contents
-
- Pt. 1. 'N'
- 'Agreeable and beautiful talents'
- Family saga (1790-1845)
- Little orphans (1845-1855)
- Gaslight fairies (1856-1857)
- Pt. 2. The amateur: Dickens in 1857
- Manchester, Doncaster and scandal (1857-1858)
- Mornington crescent (1858-1862)
- Vanishing into space (1862-1865)
- Fanny and Maria get married (1863-1866)
- The year of the diary (1867)
- 'This life is half made up of partings' (1868-1870)
- Pt. 3. Another life begins (1870-1876)
- The schoolmaster's wife and the foreign correspondent: Margate, Rome, Africa
- Nelly tells
- Southsea
- Geoffrey
- Myths and morals
- A postscript: the death of Dickens
- Isbn
- 9780679738190
- Label
- The invisible woman : the story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens
- Title
- The invisible woman
- Title remainder
- the story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens
- Statement of responsibility
- Claire Tomalin
- Subject
-
- Actors
- trueActors -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Biographies
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Relations with women
- Great Britain
- Man-woman relationships
- Mistresses
- trueMistresses -- Great Britain -- Biography
- 1800-1899
- Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography
- Relations with women
- Ternan, Ellen Lawless, 1839-1914
- Ternan, Ellen Lawless, 1839-1914 -- Relations with men
- Novelists, English
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This volume is a biography of Ellen "Nelly" Ternan, who was for the last thirteen years of Charles Dickens's life, was his secret obsession and intimate companion. She was an actress but within a few years of meeting Dickens she left the stage and disappeared from public view. Her disappearance was considered essential for the protection of Dickens's good name with a public that idolized him. Nelly's three lives - as child actress, as hidden love and as ultra-respectable wife and mother - span the whole of the Victorian and Edwardian ages. Until now her story has been considered only in the light of its impact on Dickens. For the first time, the author has chosen to look at Nelly's story from her own point of view. This book is at once biography, literary criticism and social history, and contains an original and extraordinary account of the theatrical world that both nurtured Nelly and held Dickens in thrall throughout his life
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tomalin, Claire
- Dewey number
-
- 823/.8
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR4582
- LC item number
- .T66 1992
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Dickens, Charles
- Ternan, Ellen Lawless
- Dickens, Charles
- Ternan, Ellen Lawless
- Novelists, English
- Mistresses
- Actors
- Actors
- Man-woman relationships
- Mistresses
- Novelists, English
- Relations with women
- Great Britain
- Label
- The invisible woman : the story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens, Claire Tomalin
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1991
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-321) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Pt. 1. 'N' -- 'Agreeable and beautiful talents' -- Family saga (1790-1845) -- Little orphans (1845-1855) -- Gaslight fairies (1856-1857) -- Pt. 2. The amateur: Dickens in 1857 -- Manchester, Doncaster and scandal (1857-1858) -- Mornington crescent (1858-1862) -- Vanishing into space (1862-1865) -- Fanny and Maria get married (1863-1866) -- The year of the diary (1867) -- 'This life is half made up of partings' (1868-1870) -- Pt. 3. Another life begins (1870-1876) -- The schoolmaster's wife and the foreign correspondent: Margate, Rome, Africa -- Nelly tells -- Southsea -- Geoffrey -- Myths and morals -- A postscript: the death of Dickens
- Control code
- ocm25746878
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Vintage books ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 333 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679738190
- Lccn
- 91050736
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)25746878
- Label
- The invisible woman : the story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens, Claire Tomalin
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1991
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-321) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Pt. 1. 'N' -- 'Agreeable and beautiful talents' -- Family saga (1790-1845) -- Little orphans (1845-1855) -- Gaslight fairies (1856-1857) -- Pt. 2. The amateur: Dickens in 1857 -- Manchester, Doncaster and scandal (1857-1858) -- Mornington crescent (1858-1862) -- Vanishing into space (1862-1865) -- Fanny and Maria get married (1863-1866) -- The year of the diary (1867) -- 'This life is half made up of partings' (1868-1870) -- Pt. 3. Another life begins (1870-1876) -- The schoolmaster's wife and the foreign correspondent: Margate, Rome, Africa -- Nelly tells -- Southsea -- Geoffrey -- Myths and morals -- A postscript: the death of Dickens
- Control code
- ocm25746878
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Vintage books ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 333 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679738190
- Lccn
- 91050736
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)25746878
Subject
- Actors
- trueActors -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Biographies
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Relations with women
- Great Britain
- Man-woman relationships
- Mistresses
- trueMistresses -- Great Britain -- Biography
- 1800-1899
- Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography
- Relations with women
- Ternan, Ellen Lawless, 1839-1914
- Ternan, Ellen Lawless, 1839-1914 -- Relations with men
- Novelists, English
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