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A 160-year-old letter by a friend of Charles Dickens’ ex-wife shows how the author attempted to commit her to an asylum–for another woman

Revealed: Charles Dickens’ devious bid to send his wife to a mental asylum after he fell for young actress is exposed in 160-year-old letter from his ex-spouse’s friend. Emer Scully For Mailonline explores what this letter could mean.

During the break down of a marriage most couples simply agree to go their separate ways.

But Charles Dickens was so desperate to avoid the disapproval of Victorian society if his ageing wife moved out he tried to commit her to a mental asylum, according to a 160-year-old letter.

The damning letter, written by a friend of the literary mastermind’s estranged wife, revealed he was so dissatisfied with his marriage to Catherine Dickens he asked a doctor to diagnose her as insane.

But Catherine was perfectly sound of mind and the medical professional refused to commit her.

Edward Dutton Cook, a novelist and drama critic, lived next door to Charles Dickens’s estranged wife.

And Catherine told Edward and his wife Lynda her husband had ‘tried to shut her up in an insane asylum.’

Claire Tomalin, author of Charles Dickens: A life, believes it was actually Charles Dickens who was insane as his life was a mess at the time of the separation.

She told MailOnline: ‘I think during this period he was mad effectively and their lives were thrown into turmoil.

‘He was an exceptionally good man and relied on his reputation for goodness with the public.

‘But when this all came up he fell in love and his life was a mess. He wrote to his friend Ms Coutts suggesting Catherine had mental problems and he saw it as a way of getting rid of her without seeming to be to blame.

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Different species. Mortal enemies. It’ll never work, but they’ll die trying.

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by Gabriel Farago
4.8 stars – 49 reviews
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A desperate plea from the Vatican. A kidnapped chef. An ambitious mob boss. One perilous game.
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by Allie Boniface
4.4 stars – 3 reviews
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COUNTDOWN…

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by M. L. Ray
3.8 stars – 12 reviews
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4.3 stars – 160 reviews
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“Edgy, steamy, action packed, and plotted with nail-biting tension…”–Library Journal, Starred Review

In the harsh Northern Waste where human life is worth little, ice trucker Raina Bowen has learned to keep her eyes open and her knife close at hand. She’s spent her life on the run, one step ahead of the megalomaniac who hunts her. All she wants is to stay out of trouble and haul her load of grain to Gladow Station—but trouble finds her in the form of a sexy stranger called Wizard. He has the trucking pass she needs, and she has to drag him out of a brawl with the very people she’s trying to hide from in order to get it.

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For too many years, Prudence Aldrich has been numbing the pain in her life with random sexual encounters. Her marriage to cold, self-centered Nick is, not surprisingly, on the rocks. But after several dangerous experiences with strangers, Prudence finally realizes she needs therapy to stop her self-destructive behavior, and so she checks into the Serenity Hills rehab center.

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