Introduction: absent husbands and unpartnered wives in early modern England -- Housekeeping and forlorn travel in Arden of Faversham -- The doorstep and the exchange in A warning for fair women -- One man's calling in A woman killed with kindness -- Women, work, and windows in Women beware women -- The East India Company and the domestic economy in The launching of the Mary, or The seaman's honest wife -- Epilogue: John and Anne Donne and the culture of business
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