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Charlotte Riddell's city novels and Victorian business : narrating capitalism
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Charlotte Riddell's city novels and Victorian business : narrating capitalism / Silvana Colella.
ISBN
9781472454737
1472454731
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2016.
Physical Description
ix, 265 pages ; 24 cm
Other formats
Online version: Colella, Silvana, author. Charlotte Riddell's city novels and Victorian business. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2016]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 05, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Victorian business and the city of London
"The wisdom of business": Victorian constructions of the business ideal
The golden city and the spectral
Part 2. Narrating capitalism: Charlotte Riddell's novels of the city
Glorious uncertainty: Too much alone
Novel experiments: City and suburb
Moments of balance: George Geith of Fen Court
Dust and dirt: The race for wealth
A liberal education: Austin Friar
Rewriting the crisis: Mortomley's estate
Past and present: The senior partner and Mitre Court
Epilogue: a struggle for fame.
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