| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 241 pages). |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 37 |
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 37.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-236) and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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. |
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
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Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
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Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
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Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. (OCoLC)fst00032929
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Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. (OCoLC)fst00038270
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Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. (OCoLC)fst00036789
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Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. (OCoLC)fst00031804
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Eavesdropping in literature.
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Comparative literature -- English and French.
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Comparative literature -- French and English.
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French fiction -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Comparative literature -- English and French.
(OCoLC)fst01750846
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Comparative literature -- French and English.
(OCoLC)fst01750849
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Eavesdropping. (OCoLC)fst00901231
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Eavesdropping in literature. (OCoLC)fst00901237
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English fiction. (OCoLC)fst00910817
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French fiction. (OCoLC)fst00934302
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Subject |
Eavesdropping.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gaylin, Ann Elizabeth. Eavesdropping in the novel from Austen to Proust. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521815851 (DLC) 2002025656 (OCoLC)49564892 |
| ISBN |
0511042604 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511042607 (electronic bk.) |
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0511120761 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511120763 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511045820 (electronic bk.) |
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0511045824 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511484803 (electronic bk.) |
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0511484801 (electronic bk.) |
