{"product_id":"respectability-bankruptcy-and-bigamy-in-late-nineteenth-and-early-twentiethcentury-britain-9780367766863","title":"Respectability Bankruptcy and Bigamy in Late","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRespectability, Bankruptcy and Bigamy in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Britain\u003c\/em\u003e explores the vexed question of middle-class respectability in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. It focuses upon the life of London solicitor Hamilton Pawley (1860â1936), who was barred from working by the Law Society, twice declared bankrupt, and in 1919 was sentenced to eighteen monthsâ imprisonment with hard labour for bigamously marrying a woman practically forty years his junior. If Pawley did not suffer the revenge of respectable society, it is difficult to think who would.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon the fact that the disgraced and the disreputable have always tended to attract a disproportionate amount of attention, the book ranges widely, exploring such important issues as middle-class education, career choices, the dynamics of family life, and the workings of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century legal system. It shows that Pawley was able to hold on to his professional â a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018068132183,"sku":"9780367766863","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367766863.jpg?v=1750775526","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/respectability-bankruptcy-and-bigamy-in-late-nineteenth-and-early-twentiethcentury-britain-9780367766863","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}