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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.
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.
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 together.
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
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.
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The inspiration for A Lady and her Husband came from a real-life project undertaken by Amber Reeves, her mother; Maud Pember Reeves and other Fabian society women, who spent four years visiting working-class families in Lambeth to find out all they could about their lives.
