Tag Archives: Victorian Literature
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The third novel I read for R. I. P. was The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. He’s an English playwright and writer who wrote during the Victorian era and completed 30 novels, over 60 short stories, and 14 plays. One of … Continue reading
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Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Hard Times by Charles Dickens was his tenth novel. It was published in 1854, and it’s quite different from the other five novels I have read by him. Most of his novels dance around social injustice. This novel deals with … Continue reading
Review: Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
Until recently, I didn’t know much about the novel, Agnes Grey (published in 1847) by Anne Brontë. I knew that it was written by one of the Brontë sisters. Not much else. This past summer I read several reviews on the novel … Continue reading
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A Victorian Celebration
A few weeks ago, I joined Jillian and her Classics Club. She has also introduced me to a Victorian Celebration hosted by A Literary Odyssey. The goal is to read Victorian writers during June and July of this summer. Since … Continue reading
Charles Dickens Month
February 7th marks what would have been Charles Dickens’s 200th birthday. In honor of this event, the blog Fig and Thistle is hosting a Charles Dickens Month in January. Considering that I am reading ten novels by him this year … Continue reading
A Classics Challenge
This week I have been announcing what reading challenges I intend to join during 2012. Today is no different. I will also be participating in a Classics Literature Challenge hosted by November’s Autumn. I heard of this challenge from Shelley … Continue reading
Review of The Return of the Native
I finally finished The Return of the Native. Actually, I should say that I am finally getting around to writing the review. This is the 24th book I’ve completed out of the 1001 novels and the 4th novel I’ve completed … Continue reading
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Review of Silas Marner
My original intention when I started my summer reading challenges was to read one Gothic novel and then a Victorian novel and to continue this pattern until I completed all of them. And so far I have stuck to this … Continue reading
Review of Jane Eyre
The 20th book I have completed from my 1001 list of novels is Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte. Furthermore this is the second novel I have completed for the Victorian Reading Challenge. In 1847 this novel was published in England and the following year … Continue reading
Review of Heart of Darkness
The first novel that I have completed for the Victorian Reading Challenge is the Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. This work was published in 1899 in a three-part series in Blackwood’s Magazine. Also, this is the 18th novel that I have completed … Continue reading
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