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A review by alexandra_7
Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages by Phyllis Rose
5.0
This book was fantastic - an amazing insight into the Victorian domestic life through the marriages of five famous authors. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about each one of them, they were all well-researched and entertaining, even though, as the author said - she chose more unhappy couples, rather than happy ones.
I was looking forward to reading about Charles Dickens's marriage since he is one of my favourite authors, but oh boy, I wasn't prepared for the disappointment. As they say: Never meet your heroes. It was really sad to see what a manipulative, egocentric jerk he was in real life. The way he treated his poor wife and blamed her for everything while painting himself as the "victim" made me angry. I feel very conflicted now between my love for Dickens's books and the hate for the man himself. :')
I was looking forward to reading about Charles Dickens's marriage since he is one of my favourite authors, but oh boy, I wasn't prepared for the disappointment. As they say: Never meet your heroes. It was really sad to see what a manipulative, egocentric jerk he was in real life. The way he treated his poor wife and blamed her for everything while painting himself as the "victim" made me angry. I feel very conflicted now between my love for Dickens's books and the hate for the man himself. :')