Stern, Rebecca. <br/><br/>
Home Economics  Domestic Fraud in Victorian England / 
Rebecca Stern. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 207 p.) :   ill. ; 
 - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-195) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. Fraud at home : the private life of capitalism -- Genre trouble : the Tichborne claimant, popular narrative, and the dangerous pleasures of domestic fraud -- Brinks jobs : servants, thresholds, and portable property -- Dangerous provisions: Victorian food fraud -- Speculating on marriage : fraud, narrative, and the business of Victorian wedlock -- Conclusion. Child rearing, time bargains, and the modern life of fraud. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814272008 0814272002 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fraud--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Fraud in popular culture.<br/>Capitalism in literature.<br/>Swindlers and swindling in literature.<br/>Home economics in literature.<br/>Popular literature--History and criticism.--Great Britain<br/>English literature--History and criticism.--19th century<br/>Fraud in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR468.F72  / S74 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>820.9/355