A book of secrets
Subtitle: illegitimate daughters, absent fathers
By: Michael Holroyd
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780374115586
Subjects: Mistresses; Fathers and daughters; Unmarried mothers; Daughters; Gifted women; Absentee fathers; Illegitimate children; Biography; Women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: The world turned upside down; title: The importance of being Ernest and some women of no importance; title: Ernest goes abroad; title: All about Eve; title: With Catherine at Cimbrone; title: Excitements, earthquakes, and elopements; title: Women in love; title: Ultraviolet; title: Emergency exits; title: Looking round; title: Epilogue: Time regained; title: Afterword: A history of the books; title: Family trees.