Acknowledgements Introduction 1. I'm all ears: Pride and Prejudice, or the story behind the story 2. Eavesdropping and the gentle art of Persuasion 3. Household words: Balzac's and Dickens's domestic spaces 4. The madwoman outside the attic: eavesdropping and narrative agency in The Woman in White 5. La double entente: eavesdropping and identity in A la recherche du temps perdu Conclusion: covert listeners and secret agents Notes Select bibliography Index.
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