The Vulgar Question of Money: Heiresses, Materialism, and the Novel of Manners from Jane Austen to Henry James
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It is a familiar story line in nineteenth-century English novels: a hero must choose between money and love, between the wealthy, materialistic, status-conscious woman who could enhance his social position and the poorer, altruistic, independent-minded woman whom he loves. Elsie B. Michie explains what this common marriage plot reveals about changing reactions to money in British culture. It was in the novel that writers found space to articulate...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:142140964X
ISBN13:9781421409641
Release Date:February 2013
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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