Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Jewels and the Formation of Identity in Victorian Literature and Culture; 2 Perceiving Objects; 3 The Commodity Fetish in Thackerayâ#x80;#x99;s The Great Hoggarty Diamond; 4 Gift, Theft, and Exchange in The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins; 5 Cameo Appearances: Aesthetics and Gender in Middlemarch; 6 Tactics and â#x80;#x9C;Strate-Gemsâ#x80;#x9D;: Jewelry, Gender, and the Law in Trollopeâ#x80;#x99;s The Eustace Diamonds; Afterword; Bibliography
