Blighted prospects and wounded feelings: breach of promise in Victorian law and literature

• Author / Creator

  Kellogg, Karin L.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Betrothal in literature
  • Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865--Mary Barton
  • Breach of promise--Great Britain
  • Eliot, George, 1819-1880--Adam Bede
  • Betrothal--Law and legislation--Great Britain

• Graduation date

  1995

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Arts

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3NG4H263

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.