Title Eavesdropping in the novel from Austen to Proust / Ann Gaylin

Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 241 pages) Series Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 37 Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 37 Contents I'm all ears: Pride and Prejudice, or the story behind the story -- Eavesdropping and the gentle art of Persuasion -- Household words: Balzac's and Dickens's domestic spaces -- The madwoman outside the attic: eavesdropping and narrative agency in The Woman in White -- La double entente: eavesdropping and identity in A la recherche du temps perdu -- Conclusion: covert listeners and secret agents Summary This book investigates human curiosity and its representation in eavesdropping scenes in nineteenth-century English and French novels. Ann Gaylin analyses eavesdropping in Austen, Balzac, Collins, Dickens and Proust. This innovative study will be of interest to scholars of nineteenth-century English and European literature Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-236) and index Notes Print version record Subject Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 fast Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 fast Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 fast Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922 fast Subject English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism Eavesdropping in literature. Comparative literature -- English and French Comparative literature -- French and English French fiction -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Comparative literature -- English and French Comparative literature -- French and English Eavesdropping Eavesdropping in literature English fiction French fiction Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 0511042604 9780511042607 0511120761 9780511120763 9780511045820 0511045824 9780511484803 0511484801

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