Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-195) and index.
Contents:
Tantalizing portions: serialized sensation novels and family magazines -- Wilkie Collins's The woman in white in All the year round -- Ellen Wood's East Lynne in the New monthly magazine -- Charles Dickens's Great expectations in All the year round -- Wilkie Collins's No name in All the year round -- Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Eleanor's victory in Once a week -- Charles Reade's Very hard cash in All the year round -- Wilkie Collins's Armadale in The Cornhill magazine -- Conclusion: Victorian novels and the periodical press.
Summary:
Victorian sensation novels, with their compulsive plots of crime, transgression and mystery, were bestsellers. Deborah Wynne analyzes the fascinating relationships between sensation novels and the magazines in which they were serialized. Drawing upon the work of Wilkie Collins, Mary Braddon, Charles Dickens, Ellen Wood, and Charles Reade, and such popular family journals as "All The Year Round", "The Cornhill", and "Once a Week", the author highlights how novels and magazines worked together to engage in the major cultural and social debates of the period.
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