The Vulgar Question of Money: Heiresses, Materialism, and the Novel of Manners from Jane Austen to Henry James

Contents

C O N T E N T S Preface: Vulgarity, Wealth, and Gender ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction Rich Woman/Poor Woman: An Anthropology of the Nineteenth-Century Marriage Plot 1 1 Social Distinction in Jane Austen 26 2 Frances Trollope and the Problem of Appetite 65 3 Anthony Trollope’s “Subtle Materialism” 103 4 Margaret Oliphant and the Professional Ideal 142 5 Henry James and the End(s) of the Marriage Plot 179 Afterword From Pemberley to Manderley 216 Notes 223 Bibliography 277 Index 293 This page intentionally left blank ...