{"product_id":"open-the-door-canongate-classics-9780862416447","title":"Open the Door Canongate Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Carswell (1879-1946) was born in Glasgow, one of the four  children of George and Mary Anne Macfarlane. On leaving school she  attended courses in English Literature at Glasgow University but could  not, in those days, be admitted for a degree. In 1904, after a brief  engagement, she married Herbert Jackson. When in 1905, she told him of  her pregnancy, he tried to kill her. Declared insane, he spent the rest  of his life in a mental hospital. Catherine returned to Glasgow where  her daughter was born, and worked, first in Glasgow and then in London  as dramatic and literary critic for the Glasgow Herald. In 1907 she  began legal proceedings for the anulment of her marriage. She won the  case, making legal history.\u003cbr\u003eHer friendship with D.H. Lawrence was kindled by her favourable review of The White Peacock  (1911). They met in 1914 and their relationship lasted until Lawrence's  death in. In 1915 she married Donald Carswell, with whom she had one  son. In the same year,\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406375657815,"sku":"9780862416447","price":12.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780862416447.jpg?v=1730495575","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/open-the-door-canongate-classics-9780862416447","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}