Postal plots in British fiction, 1840-1898 : readdressing correspondence in Victorian culture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rotunno, Laura, 1971-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:	English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Communication in literature. Postal service in literature. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Correspondence culture
Mr. Micawber, letter-writing manuals, and Charles Dickens's literary professionals
Feminized correspondence, the unknown public, and the egalitarian professional of Wilkie Collins's The woman in white
From postmarks to literary professionalism in Anthony Trollope's John Caldigate
Telegraphing literature in Arthur Conan Doyle's The sign of four
Conclusion: Undelivered.