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Representations of convicts in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French culture

Falgas-Ravry, CéciliaUniversity of Cambridge2014

… these dynamics inform Balzac’s writing in his ‘Vautrin cycle’, drawing readers into a game of open secrets and deferred recognition, which mirrors contemporary concerns about urban illegibility and illegitimate social promotion. Chapter 3 explores a competing tradition which portrayed convicts …

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