East Lynne

"This book looks at the anxieties of the Victorian middle classes who feared a breakdown of the social order as divorce became more readily available and promiscuity threatened the sanctity of the family. In this novel the simple act of hiring a governess raises the spectres of murder, disguise...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887
Other Authors: Jay, Elisabeth
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005
Series:Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Ellen Wood; EAST LYNNE; PART THE FIRST; PART THE SECOND; PART THE THIRD; Explanatory Notes