DR
's father, Charles Richardson
, was an only son with a single sister. According to biographer Gloria Fromm
, he appeared to have two aims in life: to have a son and to be...
Family and Intimate relationships
Dorothy Richardson
Although his ambitions effected significant domestic upheavals early in Dorothy's life, including the tragedy of her mother's suicide, she remained strongly influenced by his idea of a cultured, gentlemanly life, and his autocratic, condescending attitude...
Cultural formation
Dorothy Richardson
An under-nurse employed to help her mother after DR
was born had a habit of deliberately startling the infant; this left Dorothy, it was thought, with lifelong fears and reactions to sudden noises, as well...
