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YACHTING WITH GRANDCOURT: GWENDOLEN’S MUTINY IN DANIEL DERONDA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2015

Kathleen McCormack
Kathleen McCormack*
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Florida International University
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Almost at the end of Book VI of Daniel Deronda, that is, with at least three-quarters of the novel over, Gwendolen Harleth's dreadful husband, Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt, suddenly reveals a new side of himself. Whereas heretofore he has mentioned or engaged in recreations that include hunting, shooting (including tigers), and gambling, all as means of passing the time rather than achieving exhilaration or amusement, he now reveals himself as a yachtsman. After catching Gwendolen in their town house in Grosvenor Square in yet another of her contrived tête à têtes with Daniel, he declares he has already begun preparations for a Mediterranean cruise for himself and his wife, alone together.

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Victorian Literature and Culture , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 83 - 95
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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