Bibliograph

Type

Label

Emma Darwin, a Victorian life, James D. Loy and Kent M. Loy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-422) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesgenealogical tablesillustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Emma Darwin

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

539086899

Responsibility statement

James D. Loy and Kent M. Loy

Sub title

a Victorian life

Summary

A biography of Emma Darwin, wife and cousin of Charles Darwin, discussing her childhood in a large family, her role as the mother of ten children, and the Christian faith that caused her to worry about her husband's soul

Table Of Contents

The family circle -- The two Dovelies -- A woman of the world -- A traveling cousin, a Doveley's death, and the abolition of slavery -- The return of the Beagle and "The day of days!" -- Bride, mother, nurse -- Narrow lanes and high hedges -- The old order changeth -- A dear and good child -- The Great Exhibition, war in the Balkans, and the last of the Barnacles -- For better or worse, in sickness and in health -- Midwiving the Origin -- A banker in the family -- Lives lived, lives lost, and closure at Malvern -- A book about man, and Henrietta takes a husband -- Two weddings, four funerals, and the fiendish Mr. Ffinden -- An irreparable loss -- "Our secure happiness-- shattered" -- Life at a lower pitch -- The life and letters -- Banting, books, and the Queen's Jubilee -- The Leos abroad, and the last Maerite left standing -- The last wind of the watch

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