{"product_id":"9781526176479","title":"Readers and mistresses","description":"Author: Katie R. Peel\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526176479\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 24 Sep 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReaders and mistresses: Kept women in Victorian literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e identifies kept mistresses in British Victorian narrative and offers ways to understand their experiences. \u003c\/b\u003eThe author discusses kept women characters in Charles Dickens' \u003ci\u003eOliver Twist\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Gaskell's \u003ci\u003eMary Barton\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRuth\u003c\/i\u003e, Anne Bronte's \u003ci\u003eThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall\u003c\/i\u003e, and George Eliot's Daniel Deronda, and examines the methods their authors use to encourage reader empathy. This book also usefully demonstrates how to identify kept women when they are less visible in texts, including in Charlotte Bronte's \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, Dickens' \u003ci\u003eHard Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDombey and Son\u003c\/i\u003e, and George Gissing's \u003ci\u003eThe Odd Women\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920556834974,"sku":"ING-9781526176479","price":194.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526176479.jpg?v=1782823755","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526176479","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}