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“[E]xpressly Meant to Promote the Formation of the Domestic Virtues”: Domestic Interiors and Household Furnishings in Charles Dickens’s Our Mutual Friend

Pages 139-158 | Received 23 Feb 2023, Accepted 10 Nov 2023, Published online: 29 Nov 2023

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