Table of Contents:
  • The heir of Redclyffe and the heiress : men, women, and Christian self-sacrifice
  • Suicide, sin, and self-sacrifice in A tale of two cities
  • "Love yourself as your neighbor" : guilt and the ethics of personal benefit in Adam Bede
  • "Unnatural self-sacrifice" : Trollope's ethic of mutual benefit
  • Collins' writerly sacrifice
  • Conclusion : Robert Elsmere : the "true, best self" and the ideal of mutual service.