Bleak Houses: Marital Violence in Victorian Fiction - Lisa Surridge - Books - Ohio University Press - 9780821416433 - November 1, 2005
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Bleak Houses: Marital Violence in Victorian Fiction

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The Offenses Against the Person Act of 1828 opened magistrates’ courts to abused working-class wives. Newspapers in turn reported on these proceedings, and in this way the Victorian scrutiny of domestic conduct began. But how did popular fiction treat “private” family violence?


272 pages, illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 1, 2005
ISBN13 9780821416433
Publishers Ohio University Press
Pages 272
Dimensions 228 × 154 × 24 mm   ·   403 g
Language English  

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