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Eavesdropping in the novel from Austen to Proust
French and English
French fiction, history and criticism
Literature, Comparative
English fiction, history and criticism
Comparative Literature
French fiction
English fiction
Criticism and interpretation
History and criticism
"Eavesdropping in the Novel from Austen to Proust investigates human curiosity and its representation in eavesdropping scenes in nineteenth-century English and French novels. Ann Gaylin argues that eavesdropping dramatizes a primal human urge to know, and offers a paradigm of narrative transmission …
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