Great Charles Dickens Scandal

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ISBN: 9780300205282

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Attribute name	Attribute value
Author	SLATER MICHAEL
Pub Date	04/02/2014
Binding	Paperback
Pages	232

Publisher: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Was Charles Dickens the secret lover of young actress Nelly Ternan? How would a man of his renown have hidden such an affair? This book offers a complete account of the scandal that threatened to ruin Dickens - now dramatised as The Invisible Woman, a 2014 BBC film starring Ralph Fiennes.

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Was Charles Dickens the secret lover of young actress Nelly Ternan? How would a man of his renown have hidden such an affair? This engaging book is the first complete account of the scandal that threatened to ruin Dickens - now dramatised as The Invisible Woman, a 2014 BBC film starring Ralph Fiennes - and of the cover-up and sensational revelations that continued for generations. With its tale of intrigue and a cast of well-known figures from Thackeray and Shaw to Orwell and Edmund Wilson, this absorbing book will delight Dickens and detection fans alike.