18th & 19th Century British Fiction

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 		Revision Guide to Wuthering Heights
Got an exam coming up on Wuthering Heights and not sure where to start? This step-by-step revision guide will give you all the essentials for passing that test.
The Locations of Wuthering Heights
A discussion of the three main locations used by Bronte in Wuthering Heights, including key events, characters and imagery.
Gothic in Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights is one of the best-loved novels of all time. Yet the novel was controversial in its day for its use of threatening Gothic elements.
Wuthering Heights: Nelly Dean
Emily Bronte chose Nelly Dean as the main narrator of her novel Wuthering Heights. How far can we trust her version of events?
Characters in Wuthering Heights
An alphabetical listing of all major characters in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and the role they play in the novel.
Bronte's Wuthering Heights
The first in a series looking at Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights: this article looks at the context of the novel's publication and provides an overview of the plot.
Haworth: Visit Bronte Country
The small village of Haworth in Yorkshire continues to attract thousands of visitors every year to see the parsonage where the Bronte family lived.
Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist
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.
Jane Eyre at Ferndean
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.
Jane Eyre at Marsh End
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.
Jane Eyre at Thornfield
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.
Dickens: A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens' famous tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and his chilling encounters with the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
Jane Eyre at Lowood
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.
Jane Eyre at Gateshead
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.
Elizabeth Gaskell: Cranford
Gaskell has long been overshadowed by other Victorian novelists, but with a new BBC production of Cranford currently on screen, now is the time to revisit her novels.
Mr Rochester: Byronic Hero
Charlotte Bronte was a great admirer of the work of Lord Byron, and nowhere is this more obvious than in the character of Edward Rochester.
Life of Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte is one of our best loved and widely read writers, and produced one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century with Jane Eyre.
Gothic in Bronte's Jane Eyre
The first in a series of articles discussing aspects of Charlotte Bronte's most famous novel.