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- The summer of 1903 brought events that ended the marriage for good. Jack fell in love with old friend Charmian Kittredge and deserted Bess and their two daughters. The divorce granted in 1905 was not congenial.
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The summer of 1903 brought events that ended the marriage for good. Jack fell in love with old friend Charmian Kittredge and deserted Bess and their two daughters. The divorce granted in 1905 was not congenial. The aggrieved Bess would never allow the girls to visit Jack in the presence of Charmian.
Stasz writes that these were "code words for [Bess's] fear that [Jack] was consorting with prostitutes and might bring home venereal disease." On July 24, 1903, London told Bessie he was leaving and moved out. During 1904, London and Bess negotiated the terms of a divorce, and the decree was granted on November 18, 1905.
Apr 5, 1992 · Jack London died in 1916, a few weeks before Becky London turned 14. He was divorced from her mother, Bess Maddern, when Becky was only 3. London’s other daughter, Joan, died 21 years ago.
On April 7, 1900, Jack London married Elizabeth “Bessie” Maddern, who provided him with two daughters, Joan, born in 1901, and Becky “Bess,” born in 1902. Jack and Bessie divorced in 1905, the same year he wed Charmian Kittredge. Jack and Charmian remained married until his death November 22, 1916.
Dec 14, 2016 · In 1900, he married his former math tutor, Bess Maddern, and they had two daughters. The appearance of The Call of the Wild in 1903 made the 27-year-old author a huge celebrity.
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After an affair with Charmian Kittredge, a liberated free-spirit five years his senior, London divorced Bess and in 1905 married his "Mate Woman." From then on, Charmian’s adventurous spirit and...
After the Call of the Wild (1903) became a bestseller, Jack London became a celebrity. Jack London married for the second time in 1905 after his divorce from Bess Maddern (to whom he was married in 1900).
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