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Discerning Characters
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. PART I. Distinction and the Face
  5. Chapter 1. Discerning Characters 25
  6. Chapter 2. Reading and Breeding 55
  7. Chapter 3. Th e Face of Seduction 73
  8. Chapter 4. The Face of the Public 121
  9. PART II. The Changing Face of the Novel
  10. Chapter 5. The Invisible Aristocrat 155
  11. Chapter 6. The Physiognomic Fallacy 186
  12. Epilogue 231
  13. Notes 235
  14. Bibliography 277
  15. Index 311
  16. Acknowledgments 317
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205930.55

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. PART I. Distinction and the Face
  5. Chapter 1. Discerning Characters 25
  6. Chapter 2. Reading and Breeding 55
  7. Chapter 3. Th e Face of Seduction 73
  8. Chapter 4. The Face of the Public 121
  9. PART II. The Changing Face of the Novel
  10. Chapter 5. The Invisible Aristocrat 155
  11. Chapter 6. The Physiognomic Fallacy 186
  12. Epilogue 231
  13. Notes 235
  14. Bibliography 277
  15. Index 311
  16. Acknowledgments 317
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