The Victorian Bookshelf
An Introduction to 61 Essential Novels
Published on 5. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
276 pages
978-1-4766-6500-9 (ISBN)
Description
This introductory guide to the canon of Victorian literature covers 61 novels by authors from Jane Austen to Emile Zola. Brief critical essays describe what each book is about and argue for its cultural, historical and literary importance. Literary canons remain a subject of debate but critics, readers and students continue to find them useful as overviews--and examinations--of the great works within a given period or culture. The Victorian canon is particularly rich with splendid novels that educate, enlighten and entertain.
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Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Reviews / Votes
"informed and informative...impressively well written"-Midwest Book Review.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
appendix, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
452 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-6500-9 (9781476665009)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jess Nevins is a reference librarian at Lone Star College in Tomball, Texas.
Content
Table of Contents
Introduction
L'Assommoir
Barchester Towers
Barry Lyndon
Bleak House
The Charterhouse of Parma
Coningsby
The Count of Monte Cristo
Diana of the Crossways
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dracula
East Lynne
The Egoist
Emma
Frankenstein
Great Expectations
Heavenly Twins
Huckleberry Finn
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Invisible Man
Jane Eyre
Jude the Obscure
Kidnapped
Kim
Lady Audley's Secret
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last of the Mohicans
Little Women
Lorna Doone
Madame Bovary
Marius the Epicurean
Mary Barton
Middlemarch
Les Miserables
Miss Marjoribanks
Moby Dick
The Moonstone
Nana
New Grub Street
North and South
Pelham
Pere Goriot
The Picture of Dorian Gray ?168
The Portrait of a Lady
Pride and Prejudice
The Red and the Black
Salammbo
The Scarlet Letter
She
Silas Marner
Sister Carrie
The Sorrows of Satan
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
The Three Musketeers delete
The Time Machine delete
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea? ?214
Under Two Flags delete
Vanity Fair delete
Waverley delete
The Way We Live Now delete
The Woman in White delete
Wuthering Heights delete
Appendix: Concepts
Index
Introduction
L'Assommoir
Barchester Towers
Barry Lyndon
Bleak House
The Charterhouse of Parma
Coningsby
The Count of Monte Cristo
Diana of the Crossways
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dracula
East Lynne
The Egoist
Emma
Frankenstein
Great Expectations
Heavenly Twins
Huckleberry Finn
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Invisible Man
Jane Eyre
Jude the Obscure
Kidnapped
Kim
Lady Audley's Secret
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last of the Mohicans
Little Women
Lorna Doone
Madame Bovary
Marius the Epicurean
Mary Barton
Middlemarch
Les Miserables
Miss Marjoribanks
Moby Dick
The Moonstone
Nana
New Grub Street
North and South
Pelham
Pere Goriot
The Picture of Dorian Gray ?168
The Portrait of a Lady
Pride and Prejudice
The Red and the Black
Salammbo
The Scarlet Letter
She
Silas Marner
Sister Carrie
The Sorrows of Satan
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
The Three Musketeers delete
The Time Machine delete
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea? ?214
Under Two Flags delete
Vanity Fair delete
Waverley delete
The Way We Live Now delete
The Woman in White delete
Wuthering Heights delete
Appendix: Concepts
Index