Elizabeth Carolyn Miller. Framed: The New Woman Criminal in British Culture at the Fin de Siècle. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, University of Michigan Library, 2008. Pp. 284. $26.95 (paper).

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1033-1034
Author(s):  
Kristen Guest
Author(s):  
Matthew L. Reznicek

Katherine Cecil Thurston’s 1910 novel, Max, explores the bohemian Paris of the fin-de-siècle through the eyes of a young artist newly arrived from Russia. This young man is, however, actually a young princess in disguise, trying to escape an abusive marriage. Through the use of disguise and the New Woman figure of the female-to-male transvestite, this novel represents Paris through two competing genres: the masculine adventure narrative and the female romance.


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