A look at the marriages of five noted Victorian authors. John Ruskin and Effie Gray, Charles Dickens and Catherine Hogarth, John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor, George Eliot and George Henry Lewes, Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. By bringing these 19th century marriages to life, Rose illustrates how expectations confront reality in relationships, while also revealing quite a bit about Victorian intellectual life. Good condition but jacket has some distress. Alfred P. Knopf. 1984. Hb, Dj. USED. $4.00