Mrs Robinson's Disgrace Author:Kate Summerscale Isabella Walker became Mrs. Henry Robinson at age 31 in 1844—but her often absent, always cold husband left Isabella alone with her fantasies. — Isabella recorded her innermost thoughts, especially her infatuation with a married Dr. Edward Lane, in her diary. One fateful day in 1858, Henry found the diary and read his wife’s intimate entries. Agh... more »ast at her perceived infidelity, he petitioned for divorce, which until that year, had been illegal in England. Their trial would be a cause célèbre.
Drawing heavily from the original diary entries, author Kate Summerscale chronicles the longings of a frustrated wife as they collided with society's ideas about sanity, privacy, marriage and female sexuality in Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace.« less