In 1867, the year after their marriage, FET
and her husband separated for a while. They publicly said little of their troubles; they may have had disagreements over the scandal surrounding Ellen Ternan
and Charles Dickens
Family and Intimate relationships
Frances Eleanor Trollope
FET
's stepdaughter Bice
had died in childbirth in July 1881. This, combined with Thomas
's age, may have encouraged them to move closer to their families.
Stebbins, Lucy Poate, and Richard Poate Stebbins. The Trollopes. The Chronicle of a Writing Family. Columbia University Press, 1945.
327, 337
Occupation
Frances Eleanor Trollope
Frances Eleanor Ternan (later FET
) worked as companion governess to Thomas Adolphus Trollope
's twelve-year-old daughter, Beatrice Trollope
(Bice), after the latter's mother
died.
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Travel
Frances Eleanor Trollope
To avoid the conflict of the Franco-Prussian war, T. A. Trollope
, FET
and Bice Trollope
moved from Heidelberg in Germany, where they had been living, to Bern in Switzerland.
Stebbins, Lucy Poate, and Richard Poate Stebbins. The Trollopes. The Chronicle of a Writing Family. Columbia University Press, 1945.
279
Travel
Frances Eleanor Trollope
FET
and her husband travelled throughout Europe—often with Bice
—and though they visited their respective families in England, their permanent home was the estate of Ricorboli at Florence. The next Ternan sister...