The Stanford Companion to Victorian FictionAn engaging guide to a rich literary heritage, The Stanford Companion presents a fascinating parade of novels, authors, publishers, editors, reviewers, illustrators, and periodicals that created the culture of Victorian fiction. Its more than 6,000 alphabetical entries provide an incomparable range of useful and little-known source material, its scholarship enlivened by the author's wit and candor. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 4 |
Section 3 | 5 |
Section 4 | 220 |
Section 5 | 238 |
Section 6 | 486 |
Section 7 | 618 |
Section 8 | 645 |
Section 9 | 691 |
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