1st Edition

Charlotte Riddell's City Novels and Victorian Business Narrating Capitalism

By Silvana Colella Copyright 2016
266 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

In spite of the popularity she enjoyed during her lifetime, Charlotte Riddell (1832-1906) has received little attention from scholars. Silvana Colella makes a strong case for the relevance of Riddell's novels as narrative experiments that shed new light on the troubled experience of Victorian capitalism. Drawing on her impressive knowledge of commerce and finance, Riddell produced several novels... Read more
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Biography

Silvana Colella is Professor of English Literature at the University of Macerata, Italy.