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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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- Taylor & Francis
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- Dix-Neuf Journal website
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- 2008-11-05
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1478-7318
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- 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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Give and Take: Marriage and Disinheritance in Nineteenth-Century French Women's Writing
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