644 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2005 by Oxford University Press.
3 stars
(1 review)
"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.
Subjects
- Runaway wives -- Fiction.
- Illegitimate children -- Fiction.
- Accident victims -- Fiction.
- Governesses -- Fiction.
- Seduction -- Fiction.
- England -- Fiction.
- France -- Fiction.