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Early Australian Naming of the Third Party in the Dickens Scandal
Dickens Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-01-01 , DOI: 10.1353/dqt.2019.0029
William F. Long

The breakdown of the marriage of Charles and Catherine Dickens in May 1858 provoked speculation about the possible involvement of a “third party.”1 Dickens addressed the gossip on 25 May in a letter seemingly intended for private circulation. Locating the origin of the breakdown solely in differences between himself and his wife, and highly critical of Catherine, he referred to “a young lady” whose name had been “coupled with this separation” and who he knew “to be innocent and pure.” The account found its way into public print in August and thereafter was referred to as the “Violated Letter” (Letters 8: 568, 740–42). Dickens also composed a “Personal” statement directed to his public. In it he wrote guardedly of “Some domestic trouble of mine [...] of a sacredly private nature” and “misrepresentations, most grossly false, most monstrous, and most cruel” which implicated “innocent persons.” The statement appeared on 7 June in the London press and was widely reproduced (Letters 8: 744). Despite these interventions, the rumors persisted, and indications of the identity of more than one “young lady” allegedly involved appeared in the press, often alongside declarations of disbelief in the gossip. The name of one such, “Ellen Ternan,” although strongly hinted at from the outset, is said not to have emerged explicitly in public until 1874. The present paper records a much earlier appearance.2

中文翻译:

狄更斯丑闻中第三方的早期澳大利亚命名

1858 年 5 月查尔斯和凯瑟琳狄更斯的婚姻破裂引发了对“第三方”可能参与的猜测。1 狄更斯于 5 月 25 日在一封似乎打算供私人流通的信中谈到了八卦。他把崩溃的根源仅仅在于他和他妻子之间的分歧,并高度批评凯瑟琳,他提到了“一位年轻女士”,她的名字“伴随着这种分离”,他知道她“天真无邪”。 ” 该帐户于 8 月被公开出版,此后被称为“违规信件”(信件 8:568、740-42)。狄更斯还撰写了一份针对公众的“个人”声明。在其中,他谨慎地写道“我的一些家庭麻烦 [...] 具有神圣的私人性质”和“虚假陈述,最严重的虚假,最可怕的,最残忍的”,牵连到“无辜的人”。该声明于 6 月 7 日出现在伦敦媒体上并被广泛转载(Letters 8: 744)。尽管进行了这些干预,谣言仍然存在,并且媒体上出现了不止一名据称参与其中的“年轻女士”的身份,通常伴随着对八卦的不信任声明。“艾伦·特南”这个名字虽然从一开始就被强烈暗示,但据说直到 1874 年才明确出现在公众面前。本文记录了更早的出现时间。 2 经常伴随着对八卦的不信任声明。“艾伦·特南”这个名字虽然从一开始就被强烈暗示,但据说直到 1874 年才明确出现在公众面前。本文记录了更早的出现时间。 2 经常伴随着对八卦的不信任声明。“艾伦·特南”这个名字虽然从一开始就被强烈暗示,但据说直到 1874 年才明确出现在公众面前。本文记录了更早的出现时间。 2
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