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The 19th century is considered by some the Golden Age of English Literature, especially for British novels. [1] In the Victorian era , the novel became the leading literary genre in English. English writing from this era reflects the major transformations in most aspects of English life, from scientific, economic, and technological advances to ...
Lionel Stevenson wrote that "The most explosive impact in English literature during the nineteenth century is unquestionably Thomas Carlyle's. From about 1840 onward, no author of prose or poetry was immune from his influence." George Eliot's novel Middlemarch stands as a great milestone in the realist tradition. It is a primary example of ...
Pages in category "19th-century English novelists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 469 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In a 2007 authors' poll by Time, Middlemarch was voted the tenth greatest literary work ever written. [65] In 2015, writers from outside the UK voted it first among all British novels "by a landslide". [66] The various film and television adaptations of Eliot's books have re-introduced her to the wider reading public.
Caroline Burney (fl. early 19th century, pseudonym) Frances Burney (1752–1840), Evelina; Sarah Burney (1772–1844) Hester Burton (1913–2000), historical fiction; Jessie Burton (born 1982), historical and children's novels; Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) Charlotte Bury (1775–1861) Samuel Butler (1835–1902), Erewhon; Colin Butts ...
Portrait of Samuel Richardson by Joseph Highmore. National Portrait Gallery, Westminster, England.. The English novel is an important part of English literature.This article mainly concerns novels, written in English, by novelists who were born or have spent a significant part of their lives in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland (or any part of Ireland before 1922).
19th-century English novelists (466 P) 19th-century Irish novelists (89 P) ... Richard Marsh (author) Alicia Moore; James Justinian Morier; J. E. Preston Muddock;
The Lambing Flat by Nerida Newton (mid-19th century Australian gold rushes) The Secret River by Kate Grenville (19th century colonial Australia) Jack Maggs by Peter Carey (19th century colonial Australia) The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough (end of the 19th century) True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (Kelly Gang, 1878–1880)