Audrey Jaffe Books

Exploring the intersection of Victorian literature and economic discourse, this book examines how both the Victorian novel and the stock market shape modern subjectivity and collective emotions. It argues that character is portrayed as vicarious in both mediums, with stock market representations echoing the narrative techniques of Victorian texts. Through a fresh analysis of works by George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, and Charles Dickens, the author reveals how contemporary economic phenomena reflect Victorian narratives about identity and emotion, contributing to the fields of Victorian studies and economic criticism.

In Scenes of Sympathy, Audrey Jaffe argues that representations of sympathy in Victorian fiction both reveal and unsettle Victorian ideologies of identity. Situating these representations within the context of Victorian visual culture, and offering new readings of key works by Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ellen Wood, George Eliot, Oscar...