Introduction : dark ecologies : A tale of two cities and "The cow with the iron tail"
Disavowing milk : psychic disintegration and domestic reintegration in Dickens's Dombey and son
A river runs through him : Our mutual friend and the embankment of the Thames
Perilous reversals : fluid exchange in George Eliot's early works
Merging with others : destiny and flow in Daniel Deronda
Tempted by the milk of another : the fantasy of limited circulation in Esther Waters
Ever-widening circulations : Dracula and the fear of management.