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Main Author:	Stern, Rebecca
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2008.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Englische Literatur > Motiv > Hauswirtschaft. Englische Literatur > Motiv > Betrug. Hauswirtschaft > Motiv > Englische Literatur. Betrug > Motiv > Englische Literatur. Betrug Hauswirtschaft Betrug > Motiv Literatur Swindlers and swindling in literature. Popular literature. Home economics in literature. Fraud in popular culture. Fraud in literature. Fraud. English literature. Capitalism in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Fraude > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle. Capitalisme dans la litterature. Économie domestique dans la litterature. Paralitterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire et critique. Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique. Fraude dans la litterature. Fraud > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Popular literature > Great Britain > History and criticism. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Englisch. Grossbritannien Great Britain. History. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : Fraud at home : the private life of capitalism
Genre trouble : the Tichborne claimant, popular narrative, and the dangerous pleasures of domestic fraud
Brinks jobs : servants, thresholds, and portable property
Dangerous provisions: Victorian food fraud
Speculating on marriage : fraud, narrative, and the business of Victorian wedlock
Conclusion : Child rearing, time bargains, and the modern life of fraud.