Double Jeopardy: Women Who Kill in Victorian Fiction
Murder fascinates readers, and when a woman murders, that fascination is compounded. The paradox of mother, lover, or wife as killer fills us with shock. A woman’s violence is unexpected, unacceptable. Yet killing an abusive man can make her a cultural heroine. In Double Jeopardy, Virginia Morris ex...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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1990
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| In: | Year: 1990 |
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