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THE KITCHEN POLICE: SERVANT SURVEILLANCE AND MIDDLE-CLASS TRANSGRESSION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2000

Brian W. McCuskey
Affiliation:
Utah State University

Abstract

I. Privileged Spies

TOWARD THE END of Lady Audley’s Secret (1862), the most infamous femme fatale of the Victorian novel retires to her dressing room after a long day of committing arson and attempting murder. Shamming a headache, Lady Audley sends her maid from the room. The narrator explains her motive:

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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