Lords of Misrule: Hostility to Aristocra
β Antony Taylor
π Library
π
2005
π English
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Respectability, Bankruptcy and Bigamy in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Britain
β Scribed by John Benson
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- Routledge
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- 2022
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- English
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- 147
- Series
- Routledge Studies in Modern British History
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- Library
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Respectability, Bankruptcy and Bigamy in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Britain explores the vexed question of middle-class respectability in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. It focuses upon the life of London solicitor Hamilton Pawley (1860β1936), who was barred from working by the Law Society, twice declared bankrupt, and in 1919 was sentenced to eighteen monthsβ imprisonment with hard labour for bigamously marrying a woman practically forty years his junior. If Pawley did not suffer the revenge of respectable society, it is difficult to think who would.
Drawing upon the fact that the disgraced and the disreputable have always tended to attract a disproportionate amount of attention, the book ranges widely, exploring such important issues as middle-class education, career choices, the dynamics of family life, and the workings of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century legal system. It shows that Pawley was able to hold on to his professional β and even gentlemanly β status for far longer than seemed likely. This all suggests, the book concludes, that although respectability was as important to the middle class as we have always been told, it was both easier to acquire and easier to retain than we have generally been led to believe.
This book will appeal to all those interested in British society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I Respectability
1 A secure upbringing
2 A city partnership
3 A good marriage
Part II Respectability unravelling
4 A fading career
5 A failing marriage
6 Family feuds
Part III Respectability unravelled
7 Bankruptcy
8 Bigamy
9 Belligerence
Aftermath
Conclusions
Select bibliography
Index
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