The Fallen Woman in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel

by George Watt

Book Overview

A sympathetic view of the fallen women in Victorian England begins in the novel. First published in 1984, this book shows that the fallen woman in the nineteenth-century novel is, amongst other things, a direct response to the new society. Through the examination of Dickens, Gaskell, Collins, Moore, Trollope, Gissing and Hardy, it demonstrates that the fallen woman is the first in a long line of sympathetic creations which clash with many prevailing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138674591
• ISBN13: 9781138674592
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"