Biography
Rosy Aindow is Tutor in the School of English at The University of Nottingham, UK
’Aindow has produced a fascinating, intelligently argued book, deploying literary and historical material with clarity and discrimination. It is an important contribution to a growing body of studies but also a reminder that we have not outgrown the problems she describes: the relationship between fashion and class is still being negotiated, albeit in different contexts.’ Costume
'Moving skilfully between discussions on fashion and individual identity and fashion and shifting social hierarchies, Aindow eloquently demonstrates how the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century novel both contained and manipulated the alleged threat of sartorial democratisation within society.' English Historical Review
'... presents a solid analysis of fashion’s significance in late-Victorian and Edwardian literature, with a commendable methodological approach - rather than focusing on individual texts, her chapters are comparative - and an impressive archive of primary texts ranging from periodical essays to the novels of Arnold Bennett, Wilkie Collins, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Gissing, Thomas Hardy, George Moore, and Mary Ward.' Victorian Studies
