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East Lynne

Henry Wood Mrs., 1814-1887. Elisabeth Jay

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Title:
East Lynne
Author: Henry Wood Mrs., 1814-1887.
Elisabeth Jay
Description: 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
"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.
Publication Date: 2005
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Format: 1 online resource (695 p.).
Identifier: ISBN 1-281-34657-8;ISBN 0-19-156711-6;ISBN 1-4356-1775-4
Related Titles: Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Subjects: Runaway wives -- Fiction; Illegitimate children -- Fiction; Accident victims -- Fiction; Governesses -- Fiction; Seduction -- Fiction; England -- Fiction; France -- Fiction; Electronic books
Language: English
Source: 01DAL UDM ALMA

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