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- Title
Gossip and Fiction in Summer 1858: the Dickens Scandal and The Gordian Knot.
- Authors
Long, William F.
- Abstract
The article critiques the novel "The Gordian Knot," by Charles William Shirley Brooks and explores its possible link to the marital separation between author Charles Dickens and wife Catherine Dickens in 1858. Topics discussed include the relationship between the novel's protagonists, Philip Arundel and Margaret Spencer, the themes of married life and infidelity addressed in the novel, and the correspondence between Brooks and Charles Dickens.
- Subjects
GORDIAN Knot, The (Book); BROOKS, Shirley, 1816-1874; ENGLISH fiction -- History &; criticism; DICKENS, Charles, 1812-1870; DICKENS, Catherine; SEPARATION (Law); INFIDELITY (Couples) in literature
- Publication
Dickens Quarterly, 2018, Vol 35, Issue 3, p207
- ISSN
0742-5473
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/dqt.2018.0023