Victorian society, xi, 4, 7, 13, 17, 22, 24–28, 35, 49, 74–75, 87, 101, 132, 138, 150, 190

Walkowitz, Judith, xv, 27, 35, 78, 195, 197

Wickens, G. G., 172

Williams, Ann, 178

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women

agency, 84, 111, 125, 181, 189–190, 196, 199

middle-class women, xi, 2–3, 5, 11, 14–15, 18–19, 24, 29–30, 55, 62–63, 67, 70, 72–74, 76, 83–85, 87, 93, 100, 111, 138, 148–149, 191–193, 195, 201, 206–207

women (continued)

revolutionaries, 76, 82

sexuality, xv, 6–9, 11–12, 25, 33, 39, 48, 61–62, 66, 72, 79–81, 92, 95, 97, 100, 102, 106, 118, 120, 128, 131–133, 139, 142–143, 148–149, 157, 165, 169, 177–180, 182, 189, 199, 207–209

working-class, xv, 23–24, 27, 79, 87, 123, 187–188

Wood, Mrs. Henry, 15, 29, 36, 65, 89, 92, 94, 109, 132

East Lynne,, 131

Zizek, Slavjoi, 115, 117, 142, 155, 184

Zola, Emile, 39, 45, 97–98, 154, 184

Nana,, 39, 45, 106, 150