Why was poisoning the method of choice for the murderous women in Jezebel’s Daughter?
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2016 · Education
Dr Jason Hall, editor of the Oxford World’s Classics edition of Jezebel’s Daughter, on why female poisoners were particularly frightening for Victorian readers. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/jezebels-daughter-9780198703211?cc=gb&lang=en © Oxford University Press
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