3. Charles Reade and the Breakdown of Melodrama

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. The Sensation Paradox 1
5. 2. The Sensation Novel and Victorian Theories of Fiction 38
6. 3. Charles Reade and the Breakdown of Melodrama 73
7. 4. The Wickedness of Woman: M. E. Braddon and Mrs. Henry Wood 106
8. 5. Wilkie Collins: The Triumph of the Detective 137
9. 6. Influences of the Sensation Novel 166
10. Notes 193
11. Index 207