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Ellen Lawless Ternan (3 March 1839 – 25 April 1914), also known as Nelly Ternan or Nelly Wharton-Robinson, was an English actress known for her association with the author Charles Dickens.
Dec 10, 2020 · By 1857, when Charles Dickens met the young actress Ellen Ternan, he had been one of England’s most famous men for the past two decades.
Mar 27, 2022 · Ellen Ternan 1858 Forget who killed Edwin Drood, Dickens scholars and amateur enthusiasts have been trying to solve Dickens' last and greatest mystery since his death in 1870. Namely, what exactly was his relationship with Ellen Lawless Ternan?
Feb 3, 2020 · But his personal life was complicated. Separated from his wife and living in a huge country mansion in Kent, the novelist was in the thrall of his young mistress, Ellen Ternan.
In 1953, when future biographer Claire Tomalin was studying English literature at Cambridge, she came across intriguing references to a figure named Ellen “Nelly” Ternan, a stage actress of ...
Dec 25, 2014 · Charles Dickens loved doing elaborate home theatricals. In one, The Frozen Deep, he met the actress Ellen Ternan, who became his mistress when he was 45 and she was 18. How does the family feel...
Dec 27, 2007 · Ellen Lawless Ternan was born on March 3, 1839 in Rochester, England, coincidentally a city that had much meaning for Charles Dickens. She was born into a theatrical family of long standing. Her mother, father and grandmother had all been actors; her mother, Fanny Ternan, had even appeared on the London stage, with the great actor William ...
Dec 17, 2012 · The nature of his secret relationship with the young actress Ellen Ternan bears on how we read his homages to home and the dualities of his characters.
Mar 15, 2021 · In 1990, Claire Tomalin published The Invisible Woman, a biography of the actress Ellen Ternan, best known today for her secret relationship with Charles Dickens, which spanned the last thirteen years of his life. In her book, Tomalin suggested a new theory about the death of Dickens: that when he died in 1870, he may have collapsed at Ellen ...
Dec 3, 2000 · Why did Dickens hide his heroism? Because the author's traveling companions were his 25-year-old mistress, Ellen Ternan, and her mother.
