The Victorian and the Romantic: A Memoir, a Love Story, and a Friendship Across Time

by Nell Stevens

Book Overview

In this tale of two writers, Nell Stevens interweaves her own life as a twenty-something graduate student with that of the English author, Elizabeth Gaskell. Although they are separated by more than 150 years, Nell finds herself drawn to the Victorian novelist by their shared experiences of unrequited love--Gaskell for an American critic she met in Rome, Nell for a soulful American screenwriter living in Paris. As Nell's romance founders and her passion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385543506
• ISBN13: 9780385543507
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.1"