Table of Contents
Series Foreword,
Acknowledgments,
Introduction and Background,
Chronology,
1 Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë, 1847),
Synopsis,
Historical Background,
About Charlotte Brontë,
Why We Read This Work,
Historical Explorations of Jane Eyre,
Documenting Jane Eyre,
Women's Work: Governess, Teacher, Companion,
Document: Sarah Lewis, "On the Social Position of Governesses" (1848),
Document: Elizabeth Rigby (Lady Eastlake), "Vanity Fair, Jane Eyre and the Governesses Benevolent Institution Report for 1847" (1848),
Document: Bessie Rayner Parkes, Essays on Women's Work (1866),
Education Reform: Boarding Schools and Ragged Schools,
Document: Charles Dickens, "On Ragged Schools" (1846),
Document: 1870 Education Act,
The Racialized Other: The West Indian Creole,
Document: Mary Seacole, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (1857),
Document: James Anthony Froude, The English in the West Indies (1888),
Document: John Jacob Thomas, Froudacity: West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude (1889),
Suggested Readings,
2 Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë, 1847),
Synopsis,
Historical Background,
About Emily Brontë,
Why We Read This Work,
Historical Explorations of Wuthering Heights,
Documenting Wuthering Heights,
'Til Death Do Us Part: Marriage, Property, and Inheritance Laws,
Document: Barbara Leigh-Smith Bodichon, A Brief Summary in Plain Language of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women, Together with a Few Observations Thereon (1854),
Document: 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act,
Document: 1870 Married Women's Property Act,
Document: 1882 Married Women's Property Act,
Skeletons in the Family Closet: Heredity and Insanity,
Document: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Zoological Philosophy: Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of Animals (1809),
Document: "Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners on Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor" Westminster Review (1845),
Document: August Weismann, Essays upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems (1889),
Suggested Readings,
3 A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens, 1859),
Synopsis,
Historical Background,
About Charles Dickens,
Why We Read This Work,
Historical Explorations of A Tale of Two Cities,
Documenting A Tale of Two Cities,
The French Revolution: Blood in the Streets,
Document: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, On the Social Contract; Or, Principles of Political Rights (1762),
Document: Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790),
Document: Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History (1837),
The Discontented: Social Class and Urban Poverty,
Document: Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (1851),
Document: Annie Besant, "Why I Am a Socialist" (1886),
Suggested Readings,
4 Victorian Poetry and Social Justice (Elizabeth Barrett Browning),
Synopses,
"The Cry of the Children" (1843),
"The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Poaint" (1848),
"A Curse for a Nation" (1854),
Aurora Leigh (1856),
Historical Background,
About Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
Why We Read These Poems,
Historical Explorations of Victorian Poetry,
Documenting Victorian Poetry,
Child Labor and Workers' Rights,
Document: 1833 Parliamentary Debates Official Report, Volume 19,
Document: 1833 Labour of Children etc. in Factories Act,
Document: 1842 Mines and Collieries Act,
Slavery and Abolition,
Document: William Wilberforce, A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1807),
Document: Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle (1839),
Women's Rights and Gender Equality,
Document: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792),
Document: Sarah Stickney Ellis, The Women of England (1839),
Suggested Readings,
Index,