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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.
Morgan, Kenneth. “Overview: Empire and Sea Power, 1714–1837.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/overview_empire_seapower_01.shtml.
Evans, Eric. “Overview: Victorian Britain, 1837–1901.” British History. BBC, 29 March 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/overview_victorians_01.shtml.
Philp, Mark. “Britain and the French Revolution.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/british_french_rev_01.shtml.
Evans, Eric. “A British Revolution in the 19th Century?” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/revolution_01.shtml.
Morgan, Kenneth. “Symbiosis: Trade and the British Empire.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/trade_empire_01.shtml.
Porter, Andrew. “Britain’s Empire in 1815.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/britain_empire_01.shtml.
Oldfield, John. “British Anti-Slavery.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/antislavery_01.shtml.
Overton, Mark. “Agricultural Revolution in England 1500–1850.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/agricultural_revolution_01.shtml.
Winstanley, Mike. “The Rural Exodus.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/exodus_01.shtml.
Hudson, Pat. “The Workshop of the World.” British History. BBC, 29 March 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/workshop_of_the_world_01.shtml.
de Pennington, Joanna. “Beneath the Surface: A Country of Two Nations.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/bsurface_01.shtml.
Loftus, Donna. “The Rise of the Victorian Middle Class.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/middle_classes_01.shtml.
Hudson, Pat. “Women’s Work.” British History. BBC, 29 March 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/womens_work_01.shtml.
Emsley, Clive. “Crime and the Victorians.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/crime_01.shtml.
Atterbury, Paul. “Victorian Technology.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/victorian_technology_01.shtml.
Robinson, Bruce. “Victorian Medicine—From Fluke to Theory.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/victorian_medicine_01.shtml.
Robinson, Bruce. “All Change in the Victorian Age.” British History. BBC, 17 February 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/speed_01.shtml.

How to Use This Study Guide

Landow, George P., editor-in-chief. The Victorian Web, http://www.victorianweb.org.
Eberle-Sinatra, Michael, and Dino Franco Felluga, editors. Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net. Érudit, https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ravon.
Literature Online (LION). Proquest, 2019, https://0-search-proquest-com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/lion.