Emma Darwin : a Victorian life / James D. Loy and Kent M. Loy.

Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, [2010], ©2010.

xi, 436 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogical table ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-422) and index.

The family circle -- The two Dovelies -- A woman of the world -- A traveling cousin, a Doveley's death, and the abolition of slavery -- The return of the Beagle and "The day of days!" -- Bride, mother, nurse -- Narrow lanes and high hedges -- The old order changeth -- A dear and good child -- The Great Exhibition, war in the Balkans, and the last of the Barnacles -- For better or worse, in sickness and in health -- Midwiving the Origin -- A banker in the family -- Lives lived, lives lost, and closure at Malvern -- A book about man, and Henrietta takes a husband -- Two weddings, four funerals, and the fiendish Mr. Ffinden -- An irreparable loss -- "Our secure happiness-- shattered" -- Life at a lower pitch -- The life and letters -- Banting, books, and the Queen's Jubilee -- The Leos abroad, and the last Maerite left standing -- The last wind of the watch.