East Lynne:

"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...

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Main Author: Wood, Henry Mrs. 1814-1887 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2005
Edition:1. publ. as an Oxford world's classics paperback
Series:Oxford world's classics
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Online Access:Table of contents
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.
Physical Description:L, 644 S.
ISBN:0192804626