Girl in a blue dress

Description:

Set in the Victorian era, this is the story of the widow of a celebrity author. The funeral of Alfred Gibson has taken place at Westminster Abbey. His wife of 20 years, Dorothea, has not been invited. She looks back on their marriage - to the happy times as well as the bad.

subjects: Social life and customs,  Authors' spouses,  Widows,  Family relationships,  Fiction,  English Authors,  New York Times reviewed,  Authors, fiction,  England, fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Dickens, charles, 1812-1870, fiction,  Widows, fiction,  Fiction, family life,  Fiction, biographical,  Fiction, historical, general,  Married people, fiction,  London (england), fiction,  Fiction, general

Places: England

Times: 19th century