Promises Broken: Courtship, Class, and Gender in Victorian England

ISBN-13: 9780813929347 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 260 str.

Ginger S. Frost

Opis

In the nineteenth century, a woman who could prove a man had broken his promise to marry her was legally entitled to compensation for damages. Bridging the gap between history and literature, Ginger S. Frost offers an in-depth examination of these breaches of promise and compares actual with fictional cases.