Fanny Kemble : a reluctant celebrity / by Rebecca Jenkins
by Jenkins, Rebecca
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0743209184
- ISBN 13
- 9780743209182
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About This Item
London ; New York : Simon and Schuster, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 498 pages; Description: xiv, 498 p. , 8 p. Of plates : ill. (some col. ) ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-486) and index. Subjects: Kemble, Fanny (1809-1893) --Actors --Great Britain --Biography. Summary: Fanny Kemble was born into the most famous acting dynasty of the London stage. Unlike her aunt, the legendary Sarah Siddons, Fanny did not want to be an actress. However, when her father, the actor-manager of Covent Garden, faced bankruptcy in 1829, her appearance as Juliet made her a star. Touring America in 1832, Fanny met Philadelphian Pierce Butler and left the stage for love. Once a wife, she learned, to her horror, that the Butler wealth came from a slave plantation in Georgia. Challenging the conventions of her day and her husband, she insisted on speaking out-and discovered that marriage could not contain the independent woman she had become.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154564
- Title
- Fanny Kemble : a reluctant celebrity / by Rebecca Jenkins
- Author
- Jenkins, Rebecca
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 5
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0743209184
- ISBN 13
- 9780743209182
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
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