East Lynne [electronic resource] / Ellen Wood ; edited with an introduction and notes by Elisabeth Jay.
By: Wood, Henry, Mrs.
Contributor(s): Jay, Elisabeth | ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press): Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: l, 644 p. ; 20 cm.Subject(s): Runaway wives -- Fiction | Illegitimate children -- Fiction | Accident victims -- Fiction | Governesses -- Fiction | Seduction -- Fiction | England -- Fiction | France -- FictionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 823/.8 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xliv]-xlvi).
"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.
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