{"title":"Gaynor Arnold","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-moca-do-vestido-azul","title":"The girl in the blue dress","description":"“A fabulous depiction of the Victorian era... with complex characterization and smooth prose.” The Observer “Wonderful... Arnold's knowledge of Dickens is impeccable.” – The Times In her final days, Catherine, the estranged wife of British writer Charles Dickens, gave her daughter Kate a collection of letters she received from her husband when they were still dating, in exchange for a simple favor: that the correspondence be donated to the British Museum. The goal? “So that the world will know that he once loved me,” Catherine explained. The vulnerability and heartache behind this declaration inspired writer Gaynor Arnold to write a novel based on this conflicted marital relationship. THE GIRL IN THE BLUE DRESS fictionalizes the writer's relationship with the beautiful young woman he was enchanted by in his youth, but whom he ultimately rejected over the years of their life together. The novel received excellent reviews in England and the United States and was a finalist for the prestigious Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. \"Arnold informs us that THE GIRL IN THE BLUE DRESS is a work of fiction and that she took the liberties of a novelist to change many things (most notably the characters' names). These liberties and changes freed her to write a moving story about the burden of loving a universally adored man,\" wrote the critic for The Washington Post. In Gaynor Arnold's reimagining, Dorothea and Alfred Gibson fall in love and marry, but their harmony is short-lived. A tense relationship develops between a brilliant and charming man, with immense charisma and a literary career of unparalleled success at the time, and a woman typical of Victorian England. A man adored by the public and obsessed with notoriety, and a woman overshadowed by her husband's brilliance and magnetism. Dorothea transforms into a jealous and resentful woman, while Alfred Gibson withdraws and has extramarital affairs until he throws her out of the house and alienates her from their children. However, more than a tale of a humiliated wife's revenge, THE GIRL IN THE BLUE DRESS presents a woman reluctant to give in to resentful hatred, while also painting a fascinating portrait of the life of one of the most famous English writers in Victorian London.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159689773308,"sku":"9788501087461","price":84.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/7330d53a2d3b95b98530c0f8e2d3bb73.jpg?v=1778311838"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/gaynor-arnold.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}