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Character : writing and reputation in Victorian law and literature /

Why would Hawthorne and Eliot grant their fallen women an anachronistic right to silence that could only worsen their punishment? Why did Bronte and Gaskell find gossip such a useful source of information when lawyers excluded it as hearsay? How did Trollope's work as an editor influence his pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Frank, Cathrine O. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022].
Series:	Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.
Subjects:	English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Character in literature. Law in literature. Law and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.

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