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The Widow and Wedlock Novels of Frances Trollope

By Abigail Burnham Bloom
Series: The Pickering Masters
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This four-volume set presents the novels of Frances Trollope, focusing on her satirical yet insightful exploration of Victorian marriage. Trollope's comical narratives challenge conventional depictions of matrimony and celebrate strong, independent older women, offering a fresh perspective on gender dynamics in the 1830s and 1840s.
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Ideal for readers interested in Victorian literature, feminist critique, and those studying historical perspectives on gender and marriage.

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The writings of Frances Trollope have been subject to increasing academic interest in recent years, and are now widely studied. In this four-volume set her comical, yet subversive, treatment of Victorian marriage provides an interesting contrast to some of the more earnest but conventional fiction of the time.

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The writings of Frances Trollope have been subject to increasing academic interest in recent years and are now widely studied. This four-volume set includes scholarly editions of her four novels, in which her comical, yet subversive, treatment of Victorian marriage offers an interesting contrast to some of the more earnest but conventional fiction of the time.

At the time of their reception, all four novels were considered to be the most hilarious and beloved of Trollopeโ€™s works. In their satire of Victorian marriage, they challenged and complicated the normative practices of getting married, being married, and getting married again. Trollopeโ€™s creation of strong, independent, older women acts as an antidote to other Victorian novelistsโ€™ portrayal of widows and spinsters, and her novels challenge our understanding of the characteristics of the novels of the 1830s and 1840s. This is especially true in their depiction of Victorian gender dynamics as well as their influence on succeeding novels.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781848930797

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Multiple-component retail product

Date Published: 01 May 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 3333g

Pages: 1760

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Abigail Burnham Bloom Box Sets Classic Fiction Classic General Fiction Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Series: The Pickering Masters

About the Author

Volume 1: General Introduction by Brenda Ayres, The Widow Barnaby (1839) Edited by Ann-Barbara Graf; Volume 2: The Widow Married; a Sequel to the Widow Barnaby (1840), Edited by Abigail Burnham Bloom; Volume 3: The Barnabys in America; or, Adventures of the Widow Wedded (1843), Edited by Tamara S. Wagner; Volume 4: The Lottery of Marriage (1849); Edited by Elsie B. Michie

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