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The Victorian Novel (Oxford History of English Literature, 1991) Hroncek, Susan. Strange Compositions: Chemistry and its Occult History in Victorian Speculative Fiction (2016) Hughes, Winifred, The Maniac in the Cellar: Sensation Novels of the 1860s (1981) Jones, Gregory. William Harry Rogers: Victorian Book Designer and Star of the Great ...
Articles relating to Victorian literature, English literature during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). The 19th century is considered by some to be the Golden Age of English Literature, especially for British novels. It was in the Victorian era that the novel became the leading literary genre in English.
In the strictest sense, the Victorian era covers the duration of Victoria's reign as Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from her accession on 20 June 1837—after the death of her uncle, William IV—until her death on 22 January 1901, after which she was succeeded by her eldest son, Edward VII. Her reign lasted 63 years ...
A History of Victorian Literature (Wiley, 2011). Altick, Richard Daniel. Victorian People and Ideas: A Companion for the Modern Reader of Victorian Literature. (1974) online free; Felluga, Dino Franco, et al. The Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature (2015). Flint, Kay. The Cambridge History of Victorian Literature (2014). Horsman, Alan.
Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ ˈ d ɪ k ɪ n z / ⓘ; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. [1]
The Victorian era is the era of the reign of Queen Victoria. During this period of time, theatre flourished. According to Allardyce Nicoll, author of History of Late Nineteenth Century Drama, during this time theatres became very popular with masses. [1] Theatrical atmosphere was not particularly restricted to certain classes of the society.
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