The hated wife : Carrie Kipling, 1862-1939 /
"Carrie Kipling was one of the most loathed women of her generation..." "Henry James called her 'this hard, capable little person'. Rudyard Kipling's parents saw her as not more than an American on the make. And yet, suspicious and vituperative as she was, Carrie was in...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Short,
2001.
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| Series: | Short lives
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| Summary: | "Carrie Kipling was one of the most loathed women of her generation..." "Henry James called her 'this hard, capable little person'. Rudyard Kipling's parents saw her as not more than an American on the make. And yet, suspicious and vituperative as she was, Carrie was in many ways misunderstood. It was she who provided the backbone that her husband often preached but privately lacked." "Drawing on a rich archive of diaries and letters, Adam Nicolson exposes the malignancy and detachment at the heart of the Kiplings' marriage. For the first time, Carrie is seen for the woman she was - not as the bullying harridan intent on controlling her genius husband, but as a lonely survivor in the face of serial family tragedy."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 96 page : illustrations ; 18 cm |
| ISBN: | 0571208355 |