779 pages

English language

Published Nov. 9, 2000 by Broadview Press.

ISBN:
978-1-55111-234-3
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"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.

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Subjects

  • Wood, Henry, Mrs, 1814-1887.
  • Runaway wives -- Fiction.
  • Illegitimate children -- Fiction.
  • Accident victims -- Fiction.
  • Governesses -- Fiction.
  • Seduction -- Fiction.
  • England -- Fiction.
  • France -- Fiction.