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The sensation novel and the Victorian family magazine

Main Author: Wynne, Deborah, 1963-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Houndsmill, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.
Physical Description: x, 202 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Sensationalism in literature.
Periodicals -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Serial publication of books -- History -- 19th century.
English periodicals -- History -- 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Tantalizing portions: serialized sensation novels and family magazines
  • Wilkie Collins's The woman in white in All the year round
  • Ellen Wood's East Lynne in the New monthly magazine
  • Charles Dickens's Great expectations in All the year round
  • Wilkie Collins's No name in All the year round
  • Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Eleanor's victory in Once a week
  • Charles Reade's Very hard cash in All the year round
  • Wilkie Collins's Armadale in The Cornhill magazine
  • Conclusion: Victorian novels and the periodical press.

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