Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Victorian Business and the City of London; 1 'The Wisdom of Business': Victorian Constructions of the Business Ideal; 2 The Golden City and the Spectral; Part II Narrating Capitalism: Charlotte Riddell's Novels of the City; 3 Glorious Uncertainty: Too Much Alone; 4 Novel Experiments: City and Suburb; 5 Moments of Balance: George Geith of Fen Court; 6 Dust and Dirt: The Race for Wealth; 7 A Liberal Education: Austin Friars; 8 Rewriting the Crisis: Mortomley's Estate
9 Past and Present: The Senior Partner and Mitre CourtEpilogue: A Struggle for Fame; Bibliography; Index