cover image Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens

Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens

Claire Tomalin. Vintage Books USA, $13 (333pp) ISBN 978-0-679-73819-0

In a remarkable feat of biographical sleuthing, Tomalin offers the fullest account to date of Charles Dickens's secret 13-year romance with actress Ellen ``Nelly'' Ternan. Photos. (Dec.)