Mrs. Robinson's disgrace : the private diary of a Victorian lady / Kate Summerscale.
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TextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2012Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: xvi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- General
- 9781608199136
- Robinson, Isabella -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Robinson, Isabella
- Trials (Adultery) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Divorce -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Trials (Adultery) -- Great Britain -- History
- Divorce -- Great Britain -- History
- Women -- Great Britain -- Biography
- 941.081 23
- 941.081 15
- DA550 .S77 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291) and index.
Traces the story of a scandalous trial that rocked Victorian England, describing how Isabella Robinson recorded sexual fantasies in her private diary, which was discovered and read by her husband, who petitioned for divorce on the grounds of adultery.
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