Cover ; Half Title ; Dedication; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Function of Dress in the Novel; 2 Development and Innovation in the Nineteenth-century Fashion Industry; 3 Writing Out Frivolity; 4 Fashion and the Art of (Class) Deception; 5 Needlewomen and Shop Girls in Nineteenth-century Fiction; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index