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The Victorian Novel


Cambridge Contexts in Literature

No. of pages 130

Published: 2000

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Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. This book invites readers to reflect on the whole phenomenon of the Victorian novel and its role in dissecting and informing the society which produced it. The reasons for the growth of the novel and its spectacular success is also examined and discussed. Texts and extracts from a selection of Victorian novels and essays, including some material that readers will be unfamiliar with, help to provide a broader understanding of the range of Victorian fiction. Authors include: Thomas Carlyle, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope and Max Beerbohm.

 

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge Contexts in Literature .

There are 130 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Cambridge University Press .

This book has the following chapters: Introduction; 1. Approaching the Victorian novel; 2. Approaching the texts; 3. Texts and extracts; 4. Critical approaches; 5. How to write about the Victorian novel; 6. Resources.

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Cambridge Contexts in Literature

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