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Author:

Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887.

Title:

East Lynne / Ellen Wood ; edited with an introduction and notes by Elisabeth Jay.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

l, 644 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Runaway wives--Fiction.
Illegitimate children--Fiction.
Accident victims--Fiction.
Governesses--Fiction.
Seduction--Fiction.
England--Fiction.
France--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Jay, Elisabeth.

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.

Series:

Oxford world's classics

ISBN:

9780192804624
0192804626 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56809676

LCCN:

2004024328

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)