Download or read book Women Musicians in Victorian Fiction, 1860-1900 written by Phyllis Weliver and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weliver (Suffolk U., Boston) examines representations of female musicians in Victorian fiction from 1860 to 1900. Some of the novels included in her study are Eliot's The Mill on the Floss, Dickens's The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Wilke Collins's "sensation novel" The Woman in White. The volume considers such topics as the place of music in Victorian society, the relationship between music and mesmerism, gender roles, and scientific ideas. c. Book News Inc.