{"product_id":"the-invisible-woman-the-story-of-nelly-ternan-and-charles-dickens-paperback","title":"The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaire Tomalin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens and Nelly Ternan met in 1857; she was 18, a hard-working actress performing in his production of \u003ci\u003eThe Frozen Deep\u003c\/i\u003e, and he was 45, the most lionized writer in England. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire Tomalin is the author of eight highly acclaimed biographies including \u003ci\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSamuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year Award. She has previously won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography, the Whitbread First Book Award, the Hawthornden Prize, the NCR Book Award for Non-Fiction, and the Whitbread Biography Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48717605961976,"sku":"9780345803979","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/niqpQ0G-_F9780345803979.webp?v=1780203020","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-invisible-woman-the-story-of-nelly-ternan-and-charles-dickens-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}