Title Double jeopardy : women who kill in Victorian fiction / Virginia B. Morris

Published Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1990] ©1990

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Description 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Introduction: Twice Guilty: The Double Jeopardy of Women Who Kill -- The Worst of Women: Sisters in Crime -- Women and Victorian Law: A Curious Chivalry -- Charles Dickens: The Fiercest Impulses -- George Eliot: My Heart Said, "Die!" -- Mary Elizabeth Braddon: The Most Despicable of Her Sex -- Wilkie Collins: No Deliverance but in Death -- Thomas Hardy: A Desperate Remedy -- Arthur Conan Doyle: Vengeance Is Hers Analysis Detective and mystery stories, English History and criticism English fiction 19th century History and criticism Murder in literature Trials (Murder) in literature Women murderers Public opinion Great Britain History 19th century Women murderers in literature Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-173) and index Notes Also issued online Subject Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism. English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Murder in literature. Trials (Murder) in literature. Women murderers in literature. Women murderers -- Great Britain -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century. LC no. 90032879 ISBN 0813117518 (alk. paper)

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