![]() ![]() For those who enjoyed Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self and Charles Dickens: A Life The Invisible Woman is invaluable reading for lovers of Charles Dickens, and for readers of biography everywhere. 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 that returns the neglected actress to her rightful place in history as well as providing a compelling and truthful portrait of the great Victorian novelist. ![]() The Invisible Woman by Claire Tomalin is the acclaimed story of Nelly Ternan and Charles DickensWinner of the NCR Book Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize’This is the story of someone who – almost – wasn’t there who vanished into thin air. She was the 18-year-old aspiring actress who stole the heart of the most famous man in Victorian London, if not the world. The actress Ellen (Nelly) Lawless Ternan is now accepted (except perhaps by die-hard Dickensians) to have been mistress to Charles Dickens from 1857 until his. ![]()
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