ENGL 395: The Nineteenth-Century English Novel (Rev. 5 & 6) Report a Broken Link

This course is designed to introduce you to some of the major English novels of the nineteenth century, their authors, context, themes, and concerns. Beginning with Pride and Prejudice (1813), you will move chronologically through the century, examining the development of fiction through such representative works as Frankenstein (1818), Jane Eyre (1847), Wuthering Heights (1847), Vanity Fair (1847–48), Bleak House (1853), North and South (1855), Barchester Towers (1857), Middlemarch (1874), Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891), and The Way of All Flesh (1903).

Historical Background on 19th-Century Britain


History: British History In-Depth. BBC, 2014, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british.

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