So Delightful a Plot”
Lies, Gossip, and the Narration of Social Advancement in the Eustace Diamonds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12411307 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zubair S Amir (Benedictine University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 187-204 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Victorian Literature and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-1503 • E-ISSN: 1470-1553 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s106015030808011x |
| OpenAlex | W2127034781 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
One of the most inveterate and gifted liars in Victorian fiction, Lizzie Eustace, the heroine of Anthony Trollope's 1873 novel The Eustace Diamonds , is also one of the most enigmatic. Driven both by her social ambition and by her desire to retain the Eustace family diamonds – a necklace given to her by her late husband but claimed by his relatives as an heirloom – Lizzie depends on deceit to achieve her ends throughout the novel. Yet, her reliance on mendacity becomes perplexingly excessive, confusing not only her sycophantic companion, Julia Macnulty, but most of the story's other characters as well
Art · Gossip · Literature · Narrative · Necklace · Plot (graphics · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |