East Lynne
By: Ellen Wood ; edited with an introduction and notes by Elisabeth Jay.
Contributors: Jay, Elisabeth.
Series: Oxford world's classics; Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 644
Subjects: Runaway wives -- Fiction.; Illegitimate children -- Fiction.; Accident victims -- Fiction.; Governesses -- Fiction.; Seduction -- Fiction.; England -- Fiction.; France -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xliv]-xlvi).