Misrecognitions: Plotting Capital in the Victorian Novel - Hardcoverby Ben Parker (Author) Misrecognitions mounts a vigorous defense of the labyrinthine plotting of Victorian novels, notorious for their implausible concluding revelations and coincidences. Critics have long decried Victorian recognition scenes the reunions and retroactive discoveries of identity that too conveniently bring the story to a close as regrettable contrivances. Ben Parker counters this view by showing how these recognition scenes offer a