Scotch Verdict : : The Real-Life Story That Inspired "The Children's Hour" / / Lillian Faderman.
In 1810, a Scottish student named Jane Cumming accused her school mistresses, Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods, of having an affair in the presence of their students. Dame Helen Cumming Gordon, the wealthy and powerful grandmother of the accusing student, advised her friends to remove their daughters f...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword to the 2013 Paperback Edition
- Nota Bene
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. The Accusation
- Part II. The Trial
- Part III. The Review and Appeal
- Part IV. The Settlement