Introduction: Constructing Catherine Dickens

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Constructing Catherine Dickens 1
6. 1. “The Mind of Woman Occasionally Asserts Its Powers”: Catherine Hogarth among Enlightened Patriarchs, 1815–1835 19
7. 2. Becoming Galatea: Courtship and Marriage, 1835–1837. Interlude I. “The Girls Hogarth”: Catherine and Mary 50
8. 3. “Their Voices, Mr. Dickens’s Imperative”: Mesmerized, 1837–1842 88
9. 4. “Their Voices, Mrs. Dickens’s Expostulatory”: Disentranced, 1843–1847 119
10. 5. “Richer in That Respect”: Overbearings, 1848–1852. Interlude II. “Catherine Georgina”; or, What’s in a Name? 153
11. 6. The Meaning of “Our”: Sleights of Hand, 1853–1858 210
12. 7. “As If She Were Sole and Unmarried”: Separation, 1858–1870. Interlude III. “Forget Me Not”: Catherine and Helen 250
13. 8. Last Wills and Last Words: Widowhood, 1870–1879 311
14. Afterword: “Suttee Business” 338
15. Primary Sources 343
16. Index 347