Of the New Woman writers who wrote humour, Ella D'Arcy is one of the more elusive. Her humorous writing takes the form of satire which depends on a double reading. A straightforward reading of her stories sympathizes with her male protagonists engaging in unsuitable romances and bad marriages. A resisting reading, however, shows these men as egotistical fools whose efforts to set the terms of their romances backfire. D'Arcy's double reading is dependent on her audience and therefore was rarely appreciated by her mostly male reviewers. Through her letters to her publisher John Lane, we also see how this doubleness informed her relationships with him and Henry Harland, the editor of The Yellow Book and D'Arcy's employer and friend. Humour was not just a mode in D'Arcy's writing, but a strategy in her job and particularly in her relationships with editor Henry Harland and publisher John Lane. Her letters to Lane, housed at the Clark Library at the University of California, Los Angeles, reveal an Austenian humour that was D'Arcy's protection against these men's capricious behaviours. We see D'Arcy adopting this ironic pose as she tries to keep The Yellow Book on schedule in the aftermath of Oscar Wilde's arrest, and as she copes with Harland's regular tantrums and Lane's indifference. This paper explores the double readings of her stories and their connection to D'Arcy's work at The Yellow Book.

Heather Marcovitch

Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens

Les Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens publient depuis 1974 deux numéros par an, l’un sur des sujets et écrivains variés, l’autre consacré à un auteur ou à un thème. Les Cahiers s’intéressent non seulement à la littérature, mais aussi à tous les aspects de la civilisation de l’époque, et accueillent des méthodes critiques variées. Ils publient aussi des comptes rendus d’ouvrages et des résumés de thèses récemment soutenues sur le sujet. Des articles peuvent être soumis en vue d’une publication éventuelle (règles de présentation du M.L.A. Handbook).

Cahiers Victoriens and Edouardiens has been publishing two issues per year since 1974, one focusing on various topics and writers, and the other dedicated to a specific author or theme. The journal is interested not only in literature but also in all aspects of the civilization of the period, welcoming a variety of critical methods. It also publishes book reviews and summaries of recently defended theses on the subject. Articles may be submitted for potential publication following the guidelines of the M.L.A. Handbook.

《Cahiers Victoriens and Edouardiens》自1974年起每年出版两期，其中一期涵盖多种主题和作家，另一期专注于某位作者或特定主题。该期刊不仅关注文学，还探讨了维多利亚和爱德华时代的各个方面，采用多种批评方法。期刊还会刊登书评和最近完成的论文摘要。作者可以根据M.L.A. Handbook的格式提交文章以供考虑发表。

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