Girl in a blue dress

By Gaynor Arnold

Subjects: Widows, fiction, England, fiction, English Authors, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Dickens, charles, 1812-1870, fiction, London (england), fiction, Authors, fiction, Fiction, family life, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Family relationships, Social life and customs, Widows, Authors' spouses, Fiction, biographical, Married people, fiction

Description: Set in the Victorian era, this is the story of the widow of a celebrity author. The funeral of Alfred Gibson has taken place at Westminster Abbey. His wife of 20 years, Dorothea, has not been invited. She looks back on their marriage - to the happy times as well as the bad.