Deanna K. Kreisel is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of British Columbia.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction Demand; or, the Cephalopod1 Popular Demand: Surplus and Stagnation in Nineteenth-Century Political Economy 2 “Fine Clothes an' Waste”: Utopian Economy and the Problem of Femininity in Adam Bede3 Superfluity and Suction: The Problem with Saving in The Mill on the Floss 4 “All Was Over at Last”: Epistemological and Domestic Economies in The Mayor of Casterbridge 5 Self-Sacrifice, Skillentons, and Mother's Milk: The Internalization of Demand in TessWorks CitedIndex

‘Exemplary first book… One of the greatest strengths is its exposition of how political economy developed in nineteenth-century Britain.’ - Robyn Warhol (Nineteenth Century Literature, vol 67:02:2012) ‘Kreisel’s detailed analysis of gender and political economy is intriguing and insightful. Most impressively, Kreisel’s discussion weaves together ideas about history, Economics and narrative closure in engaging and original ways.’ - Samantha Briggs (Literature and History vol 23:01:2014)