Description

Book Synopsis
An award-winning author reimagines one of Freud’s most famous and controversial cases.  Sheila Kohler's memoir Once We Were Sisters is now available.

Acclaimed for her spare prose and exceptional psychological insights in her novels Becoming Jane Eyre and Love Child, Sheila Kohler’s latest is inspired by Sigmund Freud’s Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria. Dreaming for Freud paints a provocative and sensual portrait of one of history’s most famous patients.

In the fall of 1900, Dora’s father forces her to begin treatment with the doctor. Visiting him daily, the seventeen-year-old girl lies on his ottoman and tells him frankly about her strange life, and above all about her father's desires as far as she is concerned. But Dora abruptly ends her treatment after only eleven weeks, just as Freud was convinced he was on the cusp of a major discovery. In Dreaming for Freud<

Dreaming for Freud

    Product form

    £14.40

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £16.00 – you save £1.60 (10%)

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Mon 17 Aug 2026.

    A Paperback / softback by Sheila Kohler

    10 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Dreaming for Freud by Sheila Kohler

      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/05/2014
      ISBN13: 9780143125198, 978-0143125198
      ISBN10: 0143125192

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An award-winning author reimagines one of Freud’s most famous and controversial cases.  Sheila Kohler's memoir Once We Were Sisters is now available.

      Acclaimed for her spare prose and exceptional psychological insights in her novels Becoming Jane Eyre and Love Child, Sheila Kohler’s latest is inspired by Sigmund Freud’s Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria. Dreaming for Freud paints a provocative and sensual portrait of one of history’s most famous patients.

      In the fall of 1900, Dora’s father forces her to begin treatment with the doctor. Visiting him daily, the seventeen-year-old girl lies on his ottoman and tells him frankly about her strange life, and above all about her father's desires as far as she is concerned. But Dora abruptly ends her treatment after only eleven weeks, just as Freud was convinced he was on the cusp of a major discovery. In Dreaming for Freud<

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account