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Frances Eleanor Ternan (sister) Thomas Adolphus Trollope (brother-in-law) 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 .
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Ternan met Dickens in 1857, when she, her mother and sisters were actors in a play he was producing. Dickens was 45; Ternan was 18. Anxious to preserve his image as a pillar of Victorian morality ...
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Dec 10, 2020 · Nelly Ternan was a young actress who had a 13-year affair with the Victorian author Charles Dickens, after he separated from his wife Catherine. Learn how they met, how he hid their relationship, and what happened after his death.
Dec 24, 2014 · The relationship with Ellen Ternan was a secret he jealously guarded. Dickens was such a family man, and his relationship with his public was vitally important. If he was seen to be just as bad as ...
Mar 27, 2022 · A defining event in the deterioration of the Dickens marriage occurred in February 1855 when Dickens received a letter from an old flame, the former Maria Beadnell, now Maria Winter, and a married woman. Dickens and Winter exchanged passionate letters, Dickens apparently laboring under the delusion that, although he had visibly aged, Maria had ...
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. Ellen Ternan. Ternan at age 19 in 1858. Born.
Feb 5, 2020 · Ellen Ternan, the 18-year-old actress who became Charles Dickens' mistress Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Dickens was careful to keep his love affair private. Documentary evidence of his ...
