![]() ![]() ![]() " Fascinating to learn so much about the 19th century theatre scene and about Nelly and her relationship with Dickens. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:. ![]() A fascinating look into the life, times & reinvention of Nelly Ternan. Every book she comes out with is impeccably & thoroughly written, without any of the personal observations & spin of many current biographers. "I wish I had half the biographic talent of Claire Tomalin. The result is a thrilling literary detective story and a deeply compassionate work that encompasses all those women who were exiled from the warm, well-lighted parlors of Victorian England. In this remarkable work of biography and scholarly reconstruction, the acclaimed biographer of Mary Wollstonecraft, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys and Jane Austen rescues Nelly from the shadows of history, not only returning the neglected actress to her rightful place, but also providing a compelling portrait of the great Victorian novelist himself. Out of their meeting came a love affair that lasted thirteen years and destroyed Dickens's marriage while effacing Nelly Ternan from the public record. ![]() Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan met in 1857 she was 18, a hard-working actress performing in his production of The Frozen Deep, and he was 45, the most lionized writer in England. ![]()
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