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Writers question society's views

"Speaking for many of their contemporaries, and speaking to others they thought shallow and complacent, Victorian writers asked whether material comfort fully satisfied human needs and wishes. They questioned the cost of exploiting the earth and human beings to achieve such comfort. They protested or mocked codes of decorum and authority" (794-795).

Poor sister didn't believe being rich meant happiness, as many writers of the time were also doing
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