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- Title
Cherchez les Femmes: Someone's in the Kitchen with Charlotte: Classic Detective Fiction, Victorian Womanhood, and the Private Sphere in Anne Perry's Charlotte Pitt Series.
- Authors
HOLLAND-TOLL, LINDA J.
- Abstract
The article critiques the Charlotte Pitt series of detective novels by Anne Perry. It particularly examines female roles and the involvement of character Charlotte Pitt in the detective work of her husband, Inspector Thomas Pitt. The author explores the Victorian setting, women's agency, and the ideology of separate private and public spheres for women and men. Books discussed include "Paragon Walk," "Bluegate Fields," and "Rutland Place."
- Subjects
PERRY, Anne, 1938-; PARAGON Walk (Book); BLUEGATE Fields (Book); RUTLAND Place (Book); PITT, Charlotte (Fictional character); ENGLISH detective &; mystery stories; VICTORIAN Period in literature; PRIVATE sphere; MYSTERY fiction -- History &; criticism
- Publication
Journal of Popular Culture, 2013, Vol 46, Issue 3, p566
- ISSN
1540-5931
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00811.x