"A large encyclopedic study of fifteen conventions of Victorian fiction--including women, marriage, coincidence, the orphan, memory, the occult. The most striking quality of the book is its wide-ranging grasp of all kinds of Victorian materials, for although its announced...
"A large encyclopedic study of fifteen conventions of Victorian fiction--including women, marriage, coincidence, the orphan, memory, the occult. The most striking quality of the book is its wide-ranging grasp of all kinds of Victorian materials, for although its announced...