{"product_id":"2026100007244-secondhand-women-and-marriage-in-victorian-fiction","title":"Women And Marriage In Victorian Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat did it truly mean to be a woman in Victorian England — and what did marriage demand of her? Jenni Calder's Women and Marriage in Victorian Fiction is a rigorous and illuminating work of literary criticism that examines the role of women and the institution of marriage as portrayed across the major novels of the nineteenth century. Drawing on the works of Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, and others, Calder presents a compelling argument about how fiction both reflected and shaped the social expectations placed upon women in an era defined by constraint, propriety, and patriarchal convention.\n\nCalder writes with clarity and intellectual authority, weaving close textual analysis with astute social and historical commentary to reveal the tensions between romantic idealism and the harsh realities of domestic life. Part of the prestigious World of Literature series edited by David Daiches, this study argues that the Victorian novel was not merely entertainment but a battleground for ideas about female agency, identity, and independence. For anyone captivated by the intersection of gender, society, and literature, this essential volume raises a provocative question: were the heroines of Victorian fiction prisoners of their plots — or quiet architects of their own defiance?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130981458139,"sku":"2026100007244-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/160f568f-6e58-4ca0-b078-672f4d45e8fb.png?v=1786593550","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007244-secondhand-women-and-marriage-in-victorian-fiction","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}