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Dariel, a romance of Surrey, by R. D. Blackmore poster art. Richard Doddridge Blackmore was born on 7 June 1825 at Longworth in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), one year after his elder brother Henry (1824–1875), where his father, John Blackmore, was curate-in-charge of the parish. [2]
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:19th-century Black British writers and Category:19th-century British male writers and Category:19th-century British women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
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]
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 ...
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 ...
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William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, [1] [2] placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell.
"Richter" was the first of many essays extolling the virtues of German authors, who were then little-known to English readers; "State of German Literature" was published in October. [59] In Edinburgh, Carlyle made contact with several distinguished literary figures, including Edinburgh Review editor Francis Jeffrey , John Wilson of Blackwood's ...