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Charlotte Riddell's city novels and Victorian business : narrating capitalism
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- Creator
- Silvana Colella
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Routledge, 2016
- Physical Details
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- ix, 265 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781472454737, 1472454731, 9781472454744
- OCLC
- ocn945432219
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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