Rose, Phyllis , 1942-

Parallel lives : five Victorian marriages / Phyllis Rose ; drawings by David Schorr - 1st Vintage Books ed - New York : Vintage Books , 1984, c1983. - 318 p. : ports. ; 21 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 305-312.

In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses as examples the marriages of five Victorian writers (Ruskin, Carlyle, Mills, Dickens and Eliot) who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor.

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Marriage----History----Case studies----Great Britain----19th century
Authors, English---19th century----Biography

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