{"product_id":"mrs-henry-wood-9781912224937","title":"Mrs Henry Wood","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new book examines the career and works of Mrs Henry [Ellen] Wood [nee Ellen Strand Price, 1814-87), the author of the enormously successful and sensational mid-Victorian bestseller: \u003cem\u003eEast Lynne\u003c\/em\u003e (1861), and many others. \/ Thomas Seccombe''s DNB notice of Mrs. Wood in 1900 said that \u003cem\u003eThe Channings \u003c\/em\u003ehad sold 200,000 by 1898; The Shadow of Ashlydyat (1863) had reached its 150th thousand, and her other titles were continuing to sell strongly up to the second world war of 1939-45. \u003cem\u003eEast Lynne\u003c\/em\u003e, her most famous novel, sold more than 1 million copies and \u003cem\u003eDanesbury House\u003c\/em\u003e sold 100,000 copies in her lifetime. \/ Such a prolific novelist who enjoyed literary success and fame during her life, Wood dwindled to a minor literary figure in the following century as a consequence of \u003cem\u003efin-de-siècle\u003c\/em\u003e changing literary tastes. However, in recent years, Wood has become the object of renewed scholarly interest but attention is still mostly paid to \u003cem\u003eEast Lynne\u003c\/em\u003e. As Professor Costantini now shows, what is needed is a wider exploration of her \u003cem\u003eoeuvre\u003c\/em\u003e as well as a reflection on some elusive aspects of her professional figure. \/ Wood shunned publicity and led a quiet family life despite the important role she played in the Victorian print industry. In ways similar to her life, her oeuvre still challenges interpretation as it perplexingly combines sensationalism with domestic ideals. By reading Wood through the lens of feminist theory, this book sheds new light onto relevant aspects of her career and personality. The book is devoted to the complexities of her fiction. It ascertains the extent to which her generic experiments and characterisation convey a subtle critique of gender roles intertwined with seemingly reassuring images of domesticity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward Everett Root","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888568119639,"sku":"9781912224937","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mrs-henry-wood-9781912224937","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}