Ian Ward is Professor of Law at Newcastle University, and the author of a number of books on law, literature and history including 'Law and Literature: Possibilities and Perspectives' (Cambridge University Press, 1995), 'Shakespeare and the Legal Imagination' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), The English Constitution: Myths and Realities' (Hart Publishing, 2004), 'Law, Text, Terror' (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and most recently 'Law and the Brontes' (Palgrave, 2011).

Ward successfully provides a legal and legislative context to texts that both shaped and reflected the Victorian psyche...this book would be an excellent addition to an academic library as it has broad appeal to those studying law, literature, history, and gender studies.

• Introduction: Dark ShapesAngels in the House At Home with the Dombeys The Disease of Reading Pleasing and Teaching 1 Criminal Conversations One Person in Law Newcome v Lord Highgate Carlyle v Carlyle Oh Reader! 2 Fashionable Crimes The Sensational Moment Fashionable Crimes Mrs Mellish's Marriages The Shame of Miss Braddon 3 Unnatural Mothers The Precious Quality of Truthfulness Hardwicke's Children R v Sorrel The Lost and the Saved 4 Fallen Angels Walking the Streets The Murder of Nancy Sikes Contemplating Jenny Because Men Made the Laws

Ian Ward is Professor of Law at Newcastle University, and the author of a number of books on law, literature and history including 'Law and Literature: Possibilities and Perspectives' (Cambridge University Press, 1995), 'Shakespeare and the Legal Imagination' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), The English Constitution: Myths and Realities' (Hart Publishing, 2004), 'Law, Text, Terror' (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and most recently 'Law and the Brontes' (Palgrave, 2011).

Ward successfully provides a legal and legislative context to texts that both shaped and reflected the Victorian psyche...this book would be an excellent addition to an academic library as it has broad appeal to those studying law, literature, history, and gender studies.

• Introduction: Dark ShapesAngels in the House At Home with the Dombeys The Disease of Reading Pleasing and Teaching 1 Criminal Conversations One Person in Law Newcome v Lord Highgate Carlyle v Carlyle Oh Reader! 2 Fashionable Crimes The Sensational Moment Fashionable Crimes Mrs Mellish's Marriages The Shame of Miss Braddon 3 Unnatural Mothers The Precious Quality of Truthfulness Hardwicke's Children R v Sorrel The Lost and the Saved 4 Fallen Angels Walking the Streets The Murder of Nancy Sikes Contemplating Jenny Because Men Made the Laws

Ian Ward is Professor of Law at Newcastle University, and the author of a number of books on law, literature and history including 'Law and Literature: Possibilities and Perspectives' (Cambridge University Press, 1995), 'Shakespeare and the Legal Imagination' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), The English Constitution: Myths and Realities' (Hart Publishing, 2004), 'Law, Text, Terror' (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and most recently 'Law and the Brontes' (Palgrave, 2011).

Ward successfully provides a legal and legislative context to texts that both shaped and reflected the Victorian psyche...this book would be an excellent addition to an academic library as it has broad appeal to those studying law, literature, history, and gender studies.

• Introduction: Dark ShapesAngels in the House At Home with the Dombeys The Disease of Reading Pleasing and Teaching 1 Criminal Conversations One Person in Law Newcome v Lord Highgate Carlyle v Carlyle Oh Reader! 2 Fashionable Crimes The Sensational Moment Fashionable Crimes Mrs Mellish's Marriages The Shame of Miss Braddon 3 Unnatural Mothers The Precious Quality of Truthfulness Hardwicke's Children R v Sorrel The Lost and the Saved 4 Fallen Angels Walking the Streets The Murder of Nancy Sikes Contemplating Jenny Because Men Made the Laws