附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-236) and index.
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.
摘要: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 and European literature.