Love and Dirt The Marriage of Arthur Munby and Hannah Cullwick |
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| Author:
| Atkinson, Diane |
| ISBN: | 978-0-333-78071-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2004 |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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On May 26, 1854, Arthur Munby met Hannah Cullwick. He was a solicitor for the Ecclesiastical Commission, and he loathed his job. She was a servant, a maid of all work. This first encounter marked the beginning of a relationship which was to endure for more than fifty years. Drawing on their diaries, letters, and Munby's photographs of Hannah, Diane Atkinson paints a picture of the wilder shores of Victorian sexuality.
Love and Dirt is the story of a deep and lasting love...
More DescriptionOn May 26, 1854, Arthur Munby met Hannah Cullwick. He was a solicitor for the Ecclesiastical Commission, and he loathed his job. She was a servant, a maid of all work. This first encounter marked the beginning of a relationship which was to endure for more than fifty years. Drawing on their diaries, letters, and Munby's photographs of Hannah, Diane Atkinson paints a picture of the wilder shores of Victorian sexuality.Love and Dirt is the story of a deep and lasting love between two extraordinary individuals who breached the barriers of class and endangered their vastly different stations in Victorian society.