The Power of Lies - 9780801428425

The Power of LiesTransgression, Class, and Gender in Victorian Fiction\nAuthor(s): John Kucich\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9780801428425, 978-0801428425\nSynopsis\nAlthough moral earnestness has long been considered characteristic of the Victorians, Kucich maintains that English fiction in the nineteenth century was as interested in lies as in honesty. In this important book, Kucich explores the fascination with lying in novels by Anthony Trollope, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ellen Wood, Thomas Hardy, and Sarah Grand.