British Library
British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Crime & Punishment
This thematic collection will allow students to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...
British Library
British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Gender, Behaviour & Etiquette
This thematic collection will allow students to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...
British Library
British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Education
This thematic collection will allow young scholars to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Matthew Arnold
Provides lots of information about the Victorian Age poet Matthew Arnold (1822-1888 CE). A biography of the poet, links to some of his poems, and links to other authors and key figures of the time period are provided here on the site.
Curated OER
The Victorian Web: Oscar Wilde
The Victorian Web offers a comprehensive overview of Oscar Wilde, a scandalous dramatist of the Victorian Age. In addition to a robust selection of biographies, this site also includes a focus on Wilde's sexuality, the social and...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Biography
This site from PBS.org features a biographical note about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories. A photo of the author is also included.
Other
Pro Spiritualism History of Arthur Conan Doyle's Beliefs
This site, provided by First Spiritual Temple, gives a good look into the spiritual beliefs (mediumship and the channeling of souls) of the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
University of Pennsylvania
Univ. Of Pennsylvania: Works of Thomas Carlyle
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of 11 of Thomas Carlyle's works.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: Works of Charles Darwin
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of a dozen of works by Charles Darwing including "On the Origins of Species."
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of seven of Edward Fitzgerald's works.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: Alfred Lord Tennyson Works
This site provides links to 4 pieces of work of Alfred Lord Tennyson's: "Enoch Arden.." poetry collection, "Idylls of the King," "The Lady of Shalott" with Pre-Raphaelite paintings, and "The Princess: A Medley" with an excellent...
California State University
Urbanowicz on Darwin: The Life & Death of Charles Darwin
This resource provides a paper written by Dr. Charles Urbanowicz, anthropologist at California State University. It deals extensively with the life and death of Charles Darwin, his research, and the publication of his book, "The Origin...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Thomas Carlyle on Sir Walter Scott
This site from Fordham University provides Thomas Carlyle's (1795-1881 CE) comments on Walter Scott (1771-1832 CE). This site includes biographical information.
University of Pennsylvania
Project Gutenberg: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin
This site provides the text of "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin" by Charles Darwin.
Other
The Voyage of the Beagle, Second Edition (Online Text)
Charles Darwin's famous journey is chronicled here in this online book. Read it just as it was published in 1845.
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: Thomas Hardy's Poetry
This study guide for advanced students explores the poetry of the English novelist Thomas Hardy (Far from the Madding Crowd, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure).
University of Pennsylvania
University of Penn: Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (Etext)
The whole novel, including illustrations, is reproduced at this site hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. An interesting feature is the brief explanation of the provenance of the work, as well as the inclusion of Anne Bronte's...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Adventures of Gerard
Read these military tales by Conan Doyle provided for by the University of Virginia, detailing the exploits of a soldier in the Napoleonic wars.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: A Study in Scarlet
The University of Virginia Library offers this full text version of Conan Doyle's famous novel.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Emily Jane Bronte (1818 1848)
A detailed biography of the poetry of writer Emily Bronte, with a synopsis of her collection of works.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: The Sign of Four
Use this etext to read the entire novel at the electronic text center from the University of Virginia.
Sacred Text Archive
The Coming of the Fairies by Arthur Conan Doyle
This reputation-destroying volume is Doyle's defense of the existence of fairies. Interesting on many levels, this etext version includes the photographs that began the whole controversy.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
The Digital Library provides links to the complete texts of a dozen of George Eliot's works.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: Works of Samuel Butler
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of eight of Samuel Butler's works.