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East Lynne / Ellen Wood ; edited with an introduction and notes by Elisabeth Jay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
- Oxford world's classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Runaway wives--Fiction.
- Runaway wives.
- England.
- Illegitimate children--Fiction.
- Illegitimate children.
- Accident victims--Fiction.
- Accident victims.
- Governesses--Fiction.
- Governesses.
- Seduction--Fiction.
- Seduction.
- England--Fiction.
- France--Fiction.
- France.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Psychological fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- l, 644 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- "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, and adultery"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0192804626
- OCLC:
- 56809676
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