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Fashionable Fictions and the Currency of the Nineteenth-century British Novel investigates the intricate connections between fashion, economics, and narrative in Victorian literature. Lauren Gillingham argues that fashion operates as both a literal form of exchange and a symbolic language within nineteenth-century fiction, revealing how novelists used clothing and style to explore themes of wealth, identity, and social mobility.
This volume demonstrates how fashion functioned as cultural currency in an era of rapid industrialization and consumer culture. Through detailed analysis of major works from the period, Gillingham shows how authors deployed fashionable imagery to comment on economic systems, gender roles, and class hierarchies. The study contributes to ongoing conversations about materialism, consumer culture, and the aesthetics of the nineteenth-century novel, offering new perspectives on how literature engaged with the commodity culture of its time.
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