ISBN-13: 9780821416433 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 272 str.
ISBN-13: 9780821416433 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 272 str.
The Offenses Against the Person Act of 1828 opened magistrates' courts to abused working-class wives. Newspapers in turn reported on these proceedings, and in this way the Victorian scrutiny of domestic conduct began. But how did popular fiction treat "private" family violence?