18th & 19th Century British Fiction
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As the BBC launches a new competition to find Nancy and Oliver for Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage show, now is a great time to revisit Charles Dickens' classic novel. more...
The fifth and final location in Jane Eyre is Rochester's forest house Ferndean. Here Jane is reunited with her great love and finally allowed to live happily ever after. more...
Jane's journey to and residence at Marsh End is the most criticised section of Jane Eyre, yet this part of the story is crucial to Jane's development as a character. more...
Jane's decision to leave Lowood in order to work at Thornfield is a key point in the novel, showing her new independence and introducing her to her true love. more...
Charles Dickens' famous tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and his chilling encounters with the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. more...
After enduring the cruel taunts of her cousins and the neglectful indifference of her Aunt Reed, Jane leaves Gateshead for school at the suggestion of Dr Lloyd. more...
Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman in which Bronte uses different settings to represent the different stages of Jane's life: the first of these is Gateshead. more...
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Rachel Bellerby
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte are celebrated 19th century novelists. Their brother Branwell's own literary works are often overlooked. more...
By: Paul Lightfoot
Hardy set an early novel in the countryside on the coast of north Cornwall, still a beautiful area but curiously a sense of place is not a defining feature of the story. more...
Pathology in The Turn of the Screw
By: Sarah Pinkerton
Though Henry James' The Turn of the Screw is often read as a straight ghost story, by giving it a second look, readers may be able to find a different explanation for the more...
By: Megan L. Oakley
An exploration into the vanities of Thackeray's characters. This article provides a look at humorous historical qualities of the novel as well as British life. more...
By: Bryan Keller
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English novelist who wrote many great works including Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations. more...
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Jem Bloomfield
Almost every boys' school story in the English language owes something to Thomas Hughes' novel "Tom Brown's Schooldays". more...
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Dorit Sasson
Agnes' decision to leave home and become a governess is part of the theme of female identity in question in Victorian Literature. more...
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