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UNINA9910462257703321 |
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Autore |
Slater Michael |
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Titolo |
The great Charles Dickens scandal [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Slater |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-59683-0 |
9786613909282 |
0-300-14231-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Scandals - England - London - History - 19th century |
Novelists, English - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front matter -- 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 |
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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 flourished. For the remaining twelve years of his life, Dickens managed to contain the gossip. After his death, surviving family members did the same. But when the author's last living son died in 1934, there was no one to discourage rampant speculation. Dramatic revelations came from every corner-over Nelly's role as Dickens's |
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mistress, their clandestine meetings, and even about his possibly fathering an illegitimate child by her. This book presents the most complete account of the scandal and ensuing cover-up ever published. Drawing on the author's letters and other archival sources not previously available, Dickens scholar Michael Slater investigates what Dickens did or may have done, then traces the way the scandal was elaborated over succeeding generations. Slater shows how various writers concocted outlandish yet plausible theories while newspapers and book publishers vied for sensational revelations. With its tale of intrigue and a cast of well-known figures from Thackeray and Shaw to Orwell and Edmund Wilson, this engaging book will delight not only Dickens fans but also readers who appreciate tales of mystery, cover-up, and clever detection. |
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UNISA996390952703316 |
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Autore |
Lambarde William <1536-1601.> |
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The duties of constables, borsholders, tythingmen, and such other low and lay ministers of the peace [[electronic resource] ] : Whereunto be adioyned, the seuerall offices of church ministers and churchwardens, and ouerseers for the poore, surueighours of the highwaies, and distributors of the prouision against noysome fowle and vermine. First collected by William Lambard of Lincolnes Inne Gent. And now enlarged in the yeare 1604. With an addition of the effect of the statutes, made in the session of Parliament lastlie holden, which are most necessarie for such officers to know, as touching their offices, & for the reliefe and ordering of the infected with the plague |
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Printed at London, : By Thomas Wight, 1604 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Soggetti |
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Peace officers - Great Britain |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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At foot of title: Cum priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis. |
Generally found bound with an edition of "Eirenarchia". |
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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