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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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005
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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