| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
How I found Gertrude Tennant -- Born into a long line of heroes -- Early adventures -- Arrival in Paris -- Unsentimental education -- Gertrude meets her future husband -- Gertrude enters society -- The marriage market -- Phantoms of Trouville -- At home with the Flauberts -- An improbable romance -- Portrait of a marriage -- Charles's Angel in the house? -- Births and deaths -- Rita and Emma: two literary heroines -- Les Misérables -- Moving up in the world -- Gertrude's dark night of the soul -- Re-entering the marriage market -- Reunited with an old flame -- En eligible match -- The delicious dolly -- A salon in Whitehall -- Bula Matari in the drawing-room -- Dolly's choices -- Quel bel avenir? -- 'Whom shall I meet in heaven?' |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918.
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Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918. |
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Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918 -- Diaries.
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Diaries.
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Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918 -- Correspondence.
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| Genre/Form |
Correspondence.
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Socialites -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Socialites. |
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Great Britain. |
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Biographies.
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Gentry -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Gentry. |
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Salons -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Salons. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Salons -- France -- History -- 19th century.
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France. |
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Manners and customs. |
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Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Intellectual life. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Diaries.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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| Added Author |
Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Waller, David, 1962- Magnificent Mrs. Tennant. New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008051692 (OCoLC)262432380 |
| ISBN |
9780300159943 electronic book |
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0300159943 electronic book |
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9780300139358 (alkaline paper) |
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0300139357 (alkaline paper) |
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9780300168976 (paperback) |
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0300168977 (paperback) |
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