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Wilkie Collins was one of the most popular writers of the nineteenth century, best known for The Woman in White and The Moonstone. This Companion offers a fascinating overview of…
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This essay collection, bringing together British, European, and North American literary critics and cultural historians with diverse specialities and interests, demonstrates the range of contemporary perspectives through which his fiction…
Sarah Grand
First published in 1897, this semi-autobiographical novel recounts in vivid detail the childhood of young heroine, Beth, a spirited and intelligent girl who challenges the limitations of provincial life in…
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Jenny Bourne Taylor
Jenny Bourne Taylor demonstrates how Victorian psychology is central to an understanding of the complexity and vitality of Wilkie Collins’ fiction.
This volume comprises of a substantial selection of E.S. Dallas's journalism in The Times. This collection also includes a newly written introduction, a comprehensive listing of the articles he submitted…
An anthology of texts from scientific and cultural sources illustrating the complexity and range of Victorian psychological thought. Areas covered include: phrenology and mesmerism, theories of dreams, memory and the…
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Volume 3 of The Oxford History of the Novel in English traces how many narrative genres, conventions, and preoccupations associated with Victorian fiction emerged and developed as the novel became…
Wilkie Collins
Valeria’s first act once married is to sign her name in the register incorrectly. This is followed by the gradual disclosure of secrets about her husband’s earlier life. Her discoveries…
This innovative book draws together literature, law and economic and social history to investigate the meanings and uses of legitimacy in nineteenth-century Britain. This broad range of essays highlights the…
