Journal article
Give and Take: Marriage and Disinheritance in Nineteenth-Century French Women's Writing
- Abstract:
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A new widow and her daughters are evicted from their home by the will of a misogynist grandfather, who before his death entailed the property on the heirs male of his son’s body. A letter announcing a young woman’s inheritance from an uncle is purloined by her cruel guardian until it is too late for her to claim the fortune. Another widow, this time a very young one, is humiliated when her late husband’s will forces her to choose between his inheritance, and the companionship of a dear mal...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Journal:
- Dix-Neuf Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2008-11-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2008-01-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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1478-7318
- Source identifiers:
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612685
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:612685
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- Local pid:
- pubs:612685
- Deposit date:
- 2016-04-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Society of Dix-Neuviémistes
- Copyright date:
- 2008
- Notes:
- This is the author accepted manuscript following peer review version of the article. The final version is available online from Taylor & Francis at: DOI 10.1179/1478731790872600
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