The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens - Softcover

Tomalin, Claire

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140121366 ISBN 13: 9780140121360

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

This is the story of someone who – almost – wasn’t there; who vanished into thin air. Her names, dates, family and experiences very nearly disappeared from the record for good ...’ Claire Tomalin’s multi-award-winning story of the life of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens is a remarkable work of biography and historical revisionism. It not only returns the neglected actress to her rightful place in history, but provides a compelling and truthful portrait of the great Victorian novelist.

‘A biography of high scholarship and compelling detective work’ Melvyn Bragg, Independent.

Review:

"Captivating. . . . An absorbing book about...a character who helps to illuminate the life of a great artist and the life of her times." --Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"
"As social history, literary criticism, and, not least, an absorbing detective story, "The Invisible Woman" is a wonderful book." --"Newsday"
"Groundbreaking." --"The Guardian" (UK)
"This is feminist biography at its best." --Leon Edel
"Part social history, part detective story, wholly enthralling." --John Carey, "The Sunday Times" (London)

Captivating. . . . An absorbing book about a character who helps to illuminate the life of a great artist and the life of her times. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
As social history, literary criticism, and, not least, an absorbing detective story, The Invisible Woman is a wonderful book. Newsday
Groundbreaking. The Guardian (UK)
This is feminist biography at its best. Leon Edel
Part social history, part detective story, wholly enthralling. John Carey, The Sunday Times (London)"

About the Author:

Claire Tomalin was literary editor of the New Statesman then the Sunday Times before leaving to become a full-time writer. Her first book, The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft, won the Whitbread First Book Award, and she has since written a number of highly acclaimed and bestselling biographies. They include Jane Austen: A Life, The Invisible Woman, a definitive account of Dickens' relationship with the actress Ellen Ternan, which won three major literary awards, and Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self was Whitbread Book of the Year in 2002. In the highly acclaimed Charles Dickens: A Life, she presents a full-scale biography of our greatest novelist. She is married to the writer Michael Frayn.

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140121366
• ISBN 13: 9780140121360
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352