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q Contents Preface and Acknowledgments vii 1. making and Breaking the rules: an introduction 1 2. “Cousins in love, &c.” in Jane austen 30 3. Husband, Wife, and sister: making and Unmaking the early victorian Family 57 4. orphan stories: adoption and affinity in Charlotte Brontë 86 5. intercrossing, interbreeding, and The Mill on the Floss 115 6. Fictive kinship and natural affinities in Wives and Daughters 144 7. virginia Woolf and victorian “incests” 174 Conclusion 201 Notes 211 Bibliography 243 Index 259 This page intentionally left blank. ...

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