Charlotte Riddells City Novels and Victorian Business: Narrating Capitalism

In the first full-length critical study of Charlotte Riddell (1832-1906), Silvana Colella examines Riddells novels in relation to the changing dynamics of commercial and financial modernity. By combining historicist and formalist analyses, the book shows the relevance of Riddells novels as narrative experiments that can enrich our understanding of Victorian business culture, the literary history of capitalism, and the intersections of gender, genre and economics.