Title East Lynne / Ellen Wood ; edited with an introduction and notes by Elisabeth Jay

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (1, 644 pages) Series Oxford world's classics Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) Summary "This book looks at the anxieties of the Victorian middle classes who feared a breakdown of the social order as divorce became more readily available and promiscuity threatened the sanctity of the family. In this novel the simple act of hiring a governess raises the spectres of murder, disguise, and adultery"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xliv-xlvi) Notes Print version record Subject Runaway wives -- Fiction Illegitimate children -- Fiction Accident victims -- Fiction Governesses -- Fiction Seduction -- Fiction FICTION -- Psychological. Accident victims Governesses Illegitimate children Runaway wives Seduction SUBJECT England -- Fiction France -- Fiction Subject England France Genre/Form Psychological fiction Domestic fiction Fiction Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. Form Electronic book Author Jay, Elisabeth. ISBN 9781435617759 1435617754 9780192804624 0192804626

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