Incidental murder: Mary Cholmondeley’s sensational humour

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Oulton, C. 2025. Incidental murder: Mary Cholmondeley’s sensational humour. Linguæ & - Journal of Modern Languages and Cultures Rivista di lingue e culture moderne.
AuthorsOulton, C.
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Mary Cholmondeley’s The Danvers Jewels is a serio-comic homage to the 1860s sensation novel, serialised in Temple Bar in 1886 and published anonymously in one volume in 1887. The novella draws on domestic realism, sensation and humour to investigate the construction of class and gender roles: a combination that would become characteristic of Cholmondeley’s mature fiction including Diana Tempest (1893) and Red Pottage (1899). The Danvers Jewels and its publishing history show the author developing a critical network, as she balanced her own experiments in genre with the demands of the commercial market. The extant correspondence between Cholmondeley and a range of well-connected figures offers a test case for examining tensions between women writers’ sense of a literary vocation and the necessary negotiation of a professional network.

KeywordsCholmondeley; Bentley; Sensation; Crime; Jewels
Year2025
JournalLinguæ & - Journal of Modern Languages and Cultures Rivista di lingue e culture moderne
PublisherUniversity of Urbino Carlo Bo
ISSN1724-8698
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Literature and religion in mid-Victorian England: from Dickens to Eliot
Oulton, C. 2003. Literature and religion in mid-Victorian England: from Dickens to Eliot. Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan.
‘ain’t goin’ to have any beastly Erickin’: the problem of male friendship in Stalky & Co
Oulton, C. 2007. ‘ain’t goin’ to have any beastly Erickin’: the problem of male friendship in Stalky & Co.
''But why write them down[?]'': Mary Cholmondeley's diaries and the violation of the female artist
Oulton, C. 2009. ''But why write them down[?]'': Mary Cholmondeley's diaries and the violation of the female artist.
''Murderous impulse'': Children as victims of violance in Mary Cholmondeley's major fiction
Oulton, C. 2009. ''Murderous impulse'': Children as victims of violance in Mary Cholmondeley's major fiction.
'Which he never meant to be published on any account': the hidden archive in David Copperfield and Paul Kelver
Oulton, C. 2010. 'Which he never meant to be published on any account': the hidden archive in David Copperfield and Paul Kelver.
'I am not by nature domestic': Mary Cholmondeley and the politics of home
Oulton, C. 2010. 'I am not by nature domestic': Mary Cholmondeley and the politics of home.
'My undisciplined heart': romantic friendship in David Copperfield
Oulton, C. 2004. 'My undisciplined heart': romantic friendship in David Copperfield. Dickens Quarterly. 21 (3), pp. 157-169.
''Never be divided again'': Armadale and the threat to romantic friendship
Oulton, C. 2005. ''Never be divided again'': Armadale and the threat to romantic friendship. Wilkie Collins Society Journal. 7, pp. 31-40.
Let the flowers go: a life of Mary Cholmondeley
Oulton, C. 2009. Let the flowers go: a life of Mary Cholmondeley. London Pickering & Chatto.
Child sacrifice and the crisis of gender in Mary Cholmondeley's major fiction
Oulton, C. 2010. Child sacrifice and the crisis of gender in Mary Cholmondeley's major fiction. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 53 (2), pp. 204-218. https://doi.org/10.2487/elt.53.2(2010)0059
''The shadow which I call pain'': Mary Cholmondeley and the dilemma of bodily weakness
Oulton, C. 2009. ''The shadow which I call pain'': Mary Cholmondeley and the dilemma of bodily weakness. Life Writing. 6 (3), pp. 303-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/14484520903082926
“What a comrade she would make”: the limits of romantic friendship in Jude the Obscure
Oulton, C. 2007. “What a comrade she would make”: the limits of romantic friendship in Jude the Obscure. Thomas Hardy Journal. 23, pp. 117-125.
Left past the moon
Oulton, C. 2001. Left past the moon. NPF Publications.
''The bad women are better than the good ones'': the new woman and sexual fall in Cholmondeley's short fiction
Oulton, C. 2009. ''The bad women are better than the good ones'': the new woman and sexual fall in Cholmondeley's short fiction. in: Oulton, C. and Schatz, S. (ed.) Mary Cholmondeley Reconsidered London, UK Pickering & Chatto.