Daughters, Fathers, and the Novel: The Sentimental Romance of Heterosexuality

A study of the father-daughter story - a relatively neglected dimension of the family romance. Zwinger analyzes ""high-brow"" and ""low-brow"" novels and examines five works in particular: ""Clarissa Harlowe"", ""Dombey and Son"", ""Little Women"", ""The Golden Bowl"" and ""The Story of O"".