Victorian Novels: The World of Victorian Fiction

This scholarly volume focuses on the most studied British writers from 1837 to 1901 and beyond. As a fairly new medium, the Victorian novel was read as entertainment by the literate of all classes. This book provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of British fiction published between 1837 and 1901. Victorian England produced some of the greatest novelists in Western history, including Charles dickens, Thomas Hardy and George Eliot. Critical analysis focuses on the development of the Victorian novel though the second half of the nineteenth century. This book is a must read for students and teachers of literature.