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Explores boredom as a possible force for good in the Victorian novel. This book discusses Charlotte Bronte's ""Jane Eyre"" (1847), George Eliot's ""Middlemarch"" (1871-72), and Henry James' ""The Portrait of a Lady"" (1881). It examines the deleterious and restorative aspects of boredom.

Beautiful Boredom Idleness and Feminine

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      Publisher: McFarland & Company
      Publication Date: 10/2/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786445554, 978-0786445554
      ISBN10: 0786445556

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      Book Synopsis
      Explores boredom as a possible force for good in the Victorian novel. This book discusses Charlotte Bronte's ""Jane Eyre"" (1847), George Eliot's ""Middlemarch"" (1871-72), and Henry James' ""The Portrait of a Lady"" (1881). It examines the deleterious and restorative aspects of boredom.

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