The Sensation Novel and the Victorian Family Magazine

Wynne, D.

Victorian sensation novels, with their compulsive plots of crime, transgression and mystery, were bestsellers. Deborah Wynne analyses the fascinating relationships between sensation novels and the magazines in which they were serialized. Drawing upon the work of Wilkie Collins, Mary Braddon, Charles Dickens, Ellen Wood, and Charles Reade, and such popular family journals as All The Year Round, The Cornhill, and Once a Week , the author highlights how novels and magazines worked together to engage in the major cultural and social debates of the period.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2001-07-11

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349417162

DOI: 10.1057/9780230596726

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 202