Book description
This dazzling debut novel brings the spirit of Catherine Dickens--the cast-off wife of Charles Dickens--to life in the form of Dorothea “Dodo” Gibson, a woman who is doomed to live in the shadow of her husband, Alfred, the most celebrated author in the Victorian world.
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A novel for anyone who has ever wondered about the fate of Mrs Charles Dickens – Catherine Hogarth – and the appalling treatment she received at the hands of Britain’s most famous Victorian writer.
It’s a hugely enjoyable read, as we follow the fictional Dorothea Gibson coming to terms with the life she once shared with the ‘One and Only’ Alfred Gibson. It’s a story of fame and betrayal, the relationship between sisters, and what happens when a very public man re writes his own personal narrative.
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