Broken engagements [electronic resource] : the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 / Saskia Lettmaier. Lettmaier, Saskia. Breach of promise Great Britain History 19th century. Breach of promise Great Britain History 20th century. Betrothal in literature. Betrothal in motion pictures. Women Great Britain Social conditions 19th century. Women Great Britain Social conditions 20th century. KD754 346.42016 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Lettmaier explores ideals of femininity during the 19th and early 20th centuries by charting responses to broken engagements. Interweaving a history of the legal remedies for a broken promise of marriage with literary accounts from Dickens to Wodehouse, it offers an insight into attitudes to female identity. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. 2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (xx, 209 p.). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199569977.001.0001 eng Oxford studies in modern legal history Oxford studies in modern legal history. Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain