Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Introduction: Women, property, and Victorian fiction -- 1 A woman, and something more: Shirley -- 2 Cranford and its belongings -- 3 'He could get,...
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Introduction: Women, property, and Victorian fiction -- 1 A woman, and something more: Shirley -- 2 Cranford and its belongings -- 3 'He could get, but not keep': Villette -- 4 Crimes of property: The Moonstone -- 5 Hardy's uncovered women -- 6 Mistress of herself: Diana of the Crossways -- Appendix 1 Barbara Bodichon: A brief summary of the laws concerning women (1854) -- Appendix 2 The Caroline Norton affair -- Bibliography -- Index
