1. Bulwer’s Misanthropes and the Limits of Victorian Sympathy

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Prologue xiii
6. Introduction: Victorian Hatred, a Social Evil and a Social Good 1
7. 1. Bulwer’s Misanthropes and the Limits of Victorian Sympathy 34
8. 2. Dickensian Malefactors 59
9. 3. Charlotte Brontë on the Pleasure of Hating 85
10. 4. George Eliot and Enmity 107
11. 5. Life Envy in Robert Browning’s Poetry 136
12. 6. Joseph Conrad and the Illusion of Solidarity 161
13. Notes 175
14. Index 215