Novel furniture for the boudoir collected by a noblewoman (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
adam bede
'novel' is the definition.
(George Eliot novel)
'boudoir collected by a noblewoman' is the wordplay.
'boudoir' becomes 'bed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'collected by' is an insertion indicator.
'noblewoman' becomes 'dame' (dames are part of the nobility).
'a'+'dame'='adame'
'bed' put within 'adame' is 'ADAM BEDE'.
'furniture for the' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adam bede that I've seen before include "Book by George Eliot" , "Novel by George Eliot" , "Carpenter" .)