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Dickens's Artistic Daughter Katey: Her Life, Loves & Impact

Lucinda Hawksley

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Description:A biography of a Victorian-era woman who grew up as the daughter of novelist Charles Dickens--and found a creative career of her own.Katey Dickens was born into a house of turbulent celebrity and grew up surrounded by fascinating, famous, and infamous people. From a very young age, she knew her vocation was to be an artist.Lucinda Hawksley charts the life of a celebrated portrait painter who redefines our preconceptions about Victorian women. Living to be almost ninety, Katey survived an unconventional marriage, love affairs, heartbreak, depression, and the challenges of being a female artist in a male-dominated era.Compelling and illuminating, this biography of Katey Dickens tells the story of a spirited woman who found fame at the center of the first celebrity phenomenon; it also uncovers the reality of what it was like to be a child of Charles and Catherine Dickens.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dickens's Artistic Daughter Katey: Her Life, Loves & Impact. To get started finding Dickens's Artistic Daughter Katey: Her Life, Loves & Impact, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 304

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Pen & Sword History

Release: 2018

ISBN: 1526712326

Description: A biography of a Victorian-era woman who grew up as the daughter of novelist Charles Dickens--and found a creative career of her own.Katey Dickens was born into a house of turbulent celebrity and grew up surrounded by fascinating, famous, and infamous people. From a very young age, she knew her vocation was to be an artist.Lucinda Hawksley charts the life of a celebrated portrait painter who redefines our preconceptions about Victorian women. Living to be almost ninety, Katey survived an unconventional marriage, love affairs, heartbreak, depression, and the challenges of being a female artist in a male-dominated era.Compelling and illuminating, this biography of Katey Dickens tells the story of a spirited woman who found fame at the center of the first celebrity phenomenon; it also uncovers the reality of what it was like to be a child of Charles and Catherine Dickens.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dickens's Artistic Daughter Katey: Her Life, Loves & Impact. To get started finding Dickens's Artistic Daughter Katey: Her Life, Loves & Impact, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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