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  2. Modern Love (poetry collection) - Wikipedia

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    In an article in the Victorian Newsletter, Hans Ostrom points out the way in which the husband "has fallen back on the most mechanically formulaic way of perceiving the troubled marriage; the problem. . . no longer exists in the marriage, but rather in the wife's femininity, in the fact that she is acting "like a woman". Double standards apply ...

  3. The Lustful Turk - Wikipedia

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    The Lustful Turk, or Lascivious Scenes from a Harem is a pre-Victorian British exploitation erotic epistolary novel first published anonymously in 1828 by John Benjamin Brookes and reprinted by William Dugdale. However, it was not widely known or circulated until the 1893 edition.

  4. Wife selling (English custom) - Wikipedia

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    Wife selling in England was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest. After parading his wife with a halter around her neck, arm, or waist, a husband would publicly auction her to the highest bidder.

  5. East Lynne - Wikipedia

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    East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter is an 1861 English sensation novel by Ellen Wood, writing as Mrs. Henry Wood.A Victorian-era bestseller, it is remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot centering on infidelity and double identities.

  6. Charlotte Riddell - Wikipedia

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    Five of her novels—Fairy Water, The Uninhabited House, The Haunted River, The Disappearance of Mr. Jeremiah Redworth and The Nun's Curse—deal with buildings blighted by supernatural phenomena. [2] Riddell also wrote several shorter ghost stories, such as "The Open Door" and "Nut Bush Farm". These were collected into the volume Weird Stories ...

  7. Marriages and Infidelities - Wikipedia

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    Secondly, although the title suggests stories about marriages, about the traditional form of man-woman relationship and about its problems, Oates also uses the term "marriage" as a metaphor, as she has stated: I believe we achieve our salvation, or our ruin, by the marriages we contract. I conceived of a book of marriages.

  8. Five novels from the Victorian era to give comfort in ... - AOL

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  9. Margaret Oliphant - Wikipedia

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    The Marriage of Elinor (1891) Janet (1891) The Story of a Governess (1891) The Cuckoo in the Nest (1892) Diana Trelawny (1892) The Sorceress (1893) A House in Bloomsbury (1894) Sir Robert's Fortune (1894) Who Was Lost and is Found (1894) Lady William (1894) Two Strangers (1895) Old Mr. Tredgold (1895) The Unjust Steward (1896) The Ways of Life ...