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Old September 23, 2024, 05:07 PM
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Mantener a Nelly en distintas casas

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La frase en cuestión es del libro Tinta invisible de Javier Peña.

Aun separado, Dickens no podía casarse con Nelly. Concebía el divorcio como una deshonra. El caballero británico que él fingía ser no podía pasar por ese trance. Decidió que la mejor idea era mantener a Nelly en distintas casas a poca distancia de Londres, como si se tratase de la única componente de un harén monógamo. Nelly pasaba la mayor tiempo sola y poco a poco se fue marchitando, ¿pero qué otra cosa podía hacer? Dickens se las había arreglado para hacerla depender de él y se había convertido en su único soporte económico y social. El escritor amenazaba con demandar a quien siquiera insinuase que tenía una amante y obligó a la familia de Catherine a guardar silencio bajo la advertencia de que, de lo contrario, dejaría de mantener a su exmujer.

Does "mantener a Nelly en distintas casas a poca distancia de Londres" mean that there was only one house for Nelly?

Or does it mean that there were several different houses for Nelly maintained/paid by Dickens?

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Old September 23, 2024, 11:01 PM
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It means the latter.
This isn't the only story that mentions that Nelly lived in different houses close to London and was financially supported by Dickens.
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Old September 24, 2024, 02:28 AM
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