Ellen Ternan and Charles Dickens: A Re-evaluation of the 'Evidence'

The affair ended after some two or three years, the break-up being assisted by some very unhelpful interference from a mutual friend, ann-Marie leigh, and possibly some coldness or lack of enthusiasm shown by her parents who may have considered the young, and as yet unknown, charles Dickens to be so...

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Published in:Dickensian 2014-07, Vol.110 (493), p.118
Main Author: Ruck, Brian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
British & Irish literature
Children & youth
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
English literature
Families & family life
Learning transfer
Marriage
Pregnancy
Romance languages
Ternan, Ellen
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Summary:The affair ended after some two or three years, the break-up being assisted by some very unhelpful interference from a mutual friend, ann-Marie leigh, and possibly some coldness or lack of enthusiasm shown by her parents who may have considered the young, and as yet unknown, charles Dickens to be something less than good enough for their daughter. [...]Dickens lost his second love, again for reasons beyond his control. after the romance with young Maria ended, Dickens then courted and (in april 1836) married the young, slender and attractive catherine hogarth. catherine's pretty younger sister Mary had been catherine's constant companion before the marriage, and shortly after the marriage, came on a long visit to them.\n whilst it is very clear that Dickens wrote 'his Boots' in 1862, much of the material in the story was included in his letters dating from 1854.
ISSN:0012-2440