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Amber Blanco White (née Reeves; 1 July 1887 – 26 December 1981) was a New Zealand-born British feminist writer and scholar.
Nov 15, 2021 · In real life, Wells wrote Amber Reeves a letter near the end of their affair, which he may or may not have mailed, laying out what would likely happen if they did run away...
Jun 1, 2015 · It doesn’t ring true. Because it isn’t. Margaret Drabble’s introduction to a reissue of the book explains that Wells based Ann on Amber Reeves, a young woman he had seduced (according to other, shocked members of the Fabian Society) within the very walls of Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was studying moral sciences.
May 13, 2016 · A Lady and Her Husband draws a vivid and unusually optimistic portrait of women’s changing role in early 20th century British society. Although not what one could claim a page-turner, the novel is nevertheless an engaging read and an excellent addition to pre-war feminist studies.
Nov 6, 2021 · Amber Reeves was one of several young Fabian women who were attracted to Wells. The thesis she was supposed to be writing languished while the sexual excitement spurred Wells on to an even more...
- Claire Tomalin
Amber Reeves, his lover, who inspired Ann Veronica and would in 1909 bear a daughter by Wells, was a brilliant student of philosophy at Cambridge University's Newnham College. Indeed, some passages of First and Last Things contain criticisms of Wells's ideas by a "friend" who is doubtless Amber Reeves.
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Nov 9, 2019 · Abstract. The first (of five) major—in addition to very many minor—extramarital affairs Wells conduced was with Amber Reeves, and was fictionalised in the in-its-day notorious novel Ann Veronica (1909). Both are discussed in this chapter.
