Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. The Fictional Subject 1
5. 2. The Facts Of Life In The 1850s 36
6. 3. His Sister's Keeper: Susan Warner's The Wide, Wide World 76
7. 4. Life With Father: Augusta Jane Evans's Beulah 121
8. 5. Go Away and Die: The Lamplighter, 'Lena Rivers, Ernest Linwood 156
9. Notes 213
10. Index 235