661 pages
English language
Published Nov. 9, 1994 by J.M. Dent, Charles E. Tuttle.
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
- Married women -- England -- Fiction
- Seduction -- England -- Fiction
- Murderers -- England -- Fiction
- French -- Fiction