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The sealed letter

Based on a scandalous divorce case that gripped England in 1864, fact and invention blend to create a riveting, provocative drama of friends, lovers, and divorce--Victorian style.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Donoghue, Emma, 1969-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Orlando : Harcourt, c2008.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	Codrington, Henry John, > Sir, > 1808-1877 > Fiction. Codrington, Helen, > d. 1876 > Fiction. Faithfull, Emily, > 1836?-1895 > Fiction. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction. Divorce > Fiction.
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Summary:	Based on a scandalous divorce case that gripped England in 1864, fact and invention blend to create a riveting, provocative drama of friends, lovers, and divorce--Victorian style.
Physical Description:	396 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	9780151015498 015101549X 9780547247762 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	Emma Donoghue was born on October 24, 1969 in Dublin, Ireland. She received her BA degree from the University College Dublin and PhD in English from University of Cambridge. Her first novel was Stir. Her next novel was Hood which won the 1997 American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Book Award for Literature. Her novel Slammerkin was a finalist in the 2001 Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Fiction. The Sealed Letter, published in 2008, is a work of historical fiction. This work was the joint winner of the 2009 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction. She continued writing several award winning novels including Room which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in September 2010. Some of her other works include Astray, Three and a Half Deaths, and Frog Music. (Bowker Author Biography)