Eavesdropping in the novel from Austen to Proust

Eavesdropping in the novel from Austen to Proust /

This book investigates human curiosity and its representation in eavesdropping scenes in nineteenth-century English and French novels. Ann Gaylin analyses eavesdropping in Austen, Balzac, Collins, Dickens and Proust. This innovative study will be of interest to scholars of nineteenth-century English...

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Main Author: Gaylin, Ann Elizabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002
Series:Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 37.
Subjects:
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817 > Criticism and interpretation.
Collins, Wilkie, > 1824-1889 > Criticism and interpretation.
Balzac, Honoré de, > 1799-1850 > Criticism and interpretation.
Proust, Marcel, > 1871-1922 > Criticism and interpretation.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Eavesdropping in literature.
Comparative literature > English and French.
Comparative literature > French and English.
French fiction > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • I'm all ears: Pride and Prejudice, or the story behind the story
  • Eavesdropping and the gentle art of Persuasion
  • Household words: Balzac's and Dickens's domestic spaces
  • The madwoman outside the attic: eavesdropping and narrative agency in The Woman in White
  • La double entente: eavesdropping and identity in A la recherche du temps perdu
  • Conclusion: covert listeners and secret agents.

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