Fanny and Adelaide: The Lives of the Remarkable Kemble Sisters

by Ann Blainey

Book Overview

Chronicles the lives of Fanny and Adelaide Kemble, from Fanny's acting career, marriage to and divorce from a Philadelphia slave-owner, and her work as an abolitionist; and Adelaide's successful opera... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566633729
• ISBN13: 9781566633727
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

SPLENDID AND SKILLED PORTRAIT OF AN ERA

Ann Blainey has done some remarkable, wonderful, and wholly original research to complete her excellent study, FANNY AND ADELAIDE. I found the book fascinating and wish I had Blainey's book in hard when I was preparing my own work on Fanny Kemble [FANNY KEMBLE'S JOURNALS AND FANNY KEMBLE'S CIVIL WARS]....I can vouch for Blainey's scholarly sensitivity and her vivid analysis: we may not agree with each other on every point, but I want to encourage those interested in this fascinating pair, those with an interest in 19th century women, and those looking for a smashing good read to buy Blainey's book!

Based on exclusive access to hundreds of family letters

Ann Blainey's Fanny And Adelaide provides a biography of two sisters born in 1809 to a theatrical family in England, who became actively involved in opera and theater. The jealousies and relationships between the talented sisters and their complex friendship is based on exclusive access to hundreds of family letters.