Textbook
How to Read the Victorian NovelISBN: 978-1-4051-3056-1
Paperback
184 pages
November 2007, ©2007, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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- Offers a unique introduction to Victorian classics such as
The Pickwick Papers, David Copperfield, Jane Eyre, The Woman in
White, and Middlemarch
- Examines the complexities and the contemporary relevance of the
Victorian novel, breathing new life into the genre for contemporary
students
- Uses sample readings and contextual analysis to illuminate the
unique nature of the Victorian novel and its complexities
- Surveys the variety of the genre and explores the cultural and
historical developments of the form itself
- Poses a series of “big questions” pertaining to form, and to race, class, money, and industry in Victorian novels