The Other Dickens

by Lillian Nayder

Book Overview

Catherine Hogarth, who came from a cultured Scots family, married Charles Dickens in 1836, the same year he began serializing his first novel. Together they traveled widely, entertained frequently, and raised ten children. In 1858, the celebrated writer pressured Catherine to leave their home, unjustly alleging that she was mentally disordered--unfit and unloved as wife and mother. Constructing a plotline nearly as powerful as his stories of Scrooge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801477948
• ISBN13: 9780801477942
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher