This comprehensive collection offers a complete introduction to one of the most popular literary forms of the Victorian period, its key authors and works, its m

Accessible and comprehensive account of the sensation novel of the nineteenth century.

Love. Politics. Parasitic manipulation. Julia Hernandez left her husband, shot a real-estate developer out to gentrify Brooklyn, and then vanished without a tra

“Oliver Twist with a twist…Waters spins an absorbing tale that withholds as much as it discloses. A pulsating story.”—The New York Times Book Review The

This fascinating new book offers a detailed account of the prolific debate about the sensation novel and considers the genre's dialogues with a number of scienc