The Resource Girl in a blue dress : a novel inspired by the life and marriage of Charles Dickens, Gaynor Arnold
Girl in a blue dress : a novel inspired by the life and marriage of Charles Dickens, Gaynor Arnold
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- Summary
- "In creating my [the author's] own story of Alfred and Dorothea Gibson, I have taken a novelist's liberties as I explored an imaginative path through their relationship. . . . Inspired by "threads of Dickens's own preoccupations with things strange, romantic, and melodramatic rather than realistic ... at times, characters from his novels make a transmuted appearance as characters in his life. ... Above all, in Dorothea Gibson I have tried to give voice to the largely voiceless Catherine Dickens, who once requested that her letters from her husband be preserved so that 'the world may know he loved me once.' " -- Author's note
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 414 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain," Birmingham : Tindal Street Press, 2008
- Isbn
- 9780307462268
- Label
- Girl in a blue dress : a novel inspired by the life and marriage of Charles Dickens
- Title
- Girl in a blue dress
- Title remainder
- a novel inspired by the life and marriage of Charles Dickens
- Statement of responsibility
- Gaynor Arnold
- Subject
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- trueHistorical fiction
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- trueDeath
- trueAuthors' spouses
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Fiction
- trueWidows
- Dickens, Catherine, 1815-1879 -- Fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAuthors, English
- Widows -- Fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- Authors' spouses -- Fiction
- England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Authors, English -- Family relationships -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- trueEngland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- trueMother and adult child
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In creating my [the author's] own story of Alfred and Dorothea Gibson, I have taken a novelist's liberties as I explored an imaginative path through their relationship. . . . Inspired by "threads of Dickens's own preoccupations with things strange, romantic, and melodramatic rather than realistic ... at times, characters from his novels make a transmuted appearance as characters in his life. ... Above all, in Dorothea Gibson I have tried to give voice to the largely voiceless Catherine Dickens, who once requested that her letters from her husband be preserved so that 'the world may know he loved me once.' " -- Author's note
- Summary
- Recently widowed Dorothea Gibson examines her difficult life with a late, beloved, celebrity author during Queen Victoria's reign in this novel based on the real-life troubled marriage of Charles Dickens
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 320888
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Arnold, Gaynor
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6101.R68
- LC item number
- G57 2009
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dickens, Charles
- Dickens, Catherine
- Authors' spouses
- Widows
- Authors, English
- England
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Girl in a blue dress : a novel inspired by the life and marriage of Charles Dickens, Gaynor Arnold
- Note
- "Originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain," Birmingham : Tindal Street Press, 2008
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 414 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307462268
- Lccn
- 2008051189
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 264043786
- (OCoLC)264043786
- Label
- Girl in a blue dress : a novel inspired by the life and marriage of Charles Dickens, Gaynor Arnold
- Note
- "Originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain," Birmingham : Tindal Street Press, 2008
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 414 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307462268
- Lccn
- 2008051189
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 264043786
- (OCoLC)264043786
Subject
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAuthors' spouses
- Authors' spouses -- Fiction
- trueAuthors, English
- Authors, English -- Family relationships -- Fiction
- trueDeath
- Dickens, Catherine, 1815-1879 -- Fiction
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- trueEngland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- trueMother and adult child
- trueWidows
- Widows -- Fiction
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