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Victorian Literature 2015: Betteredge: The Victorian Man

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This exhibit compiles material regarding Victorian views towards marriage as well as the East/Orient. The exhibit is centered around the idea that the character of Betteredge in Wilkie Collins' novel The Moonstone is an example of the quintessential Victorian man. Readers can see this through Betteredge's dialogue and descriptions of his marriage as well as Lady Verinder's and in regards to anything associated with the East, i.e. the Indians and the Diamond.

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