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...
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Empiricism
A brief definition is provided about English empiricism as developed in the Victorian age. Several links are provided for additional information on related subjects.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics &Victorians Power and Politics
From the radicalism of the Romantic poets to the violent suppression of protests, the 18th and 19th centuries were peppered with incidents of political upheaval. Read how power and politics feature centrally in some of the period's great...
BBC
Bbc: History: Victoria as a Girl: The Patient Rebel
This article about Victoria's childhood provides some insight into how it prepared her to rule. The author uses references from Victoria's journals, among other sources, to support her views. Archived.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Flappers
The liberation of women as expressed by the flappers of the 1920s was in stark contrast to the actions of women in the Victorian Age. Read about how flappers expressed their freedom in fashion, employment, and leisure activities.
Other
The Quotations Page: Lord Alfred Tennyson
Students and teachers will benefit from these examples of quotes from Lord Alfred Tennyson. This site offers only a handful of examples. Don't miss out.
PBS
Pbs: Queen Victoria's Empire
The companion website to a documentary on Queen Victoria and the British Empire.
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
Ruskin on Turner
This site provides excerpts from John Ruskin's essays of J.M.W. Turner's paintings. There are several paintings and drawings at this site and some biographical information about Ruskin. The excerpts are reprinted from "The Works of Ruskin."
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.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Robert Browning
This site includes a great biography of the English poet Robert Browning. There is also a complete bibliography included that is quite extensive.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: Works of Robert Browning
This site provides links to five of Robert Browning's most famous works including "Dramatic Lyrics," "Dramatic Romances," "An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry," "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," and "The Ring and the Book."
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.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
The Digital Library provides links to the complete texts of 25 of Arthur Conan Doyle's works in many formats.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: Online Books Page, John Ruskin
The Digital Library provides links to the complete texts of many of John Ruskin's works including "The King of the Golden River," "Sesame and Lilies," and "Unto This Last."
Other
Poetry.net: "The Chronicle of the Drum" by Thackeray
The complete text of William Makepeace Thackeray's poem "The Chronicle of the Drum", a narrative of French military history. This ballad was written in Paris, in 1841, at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Explore the life and work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle through the links provided in this resource. Students and teachers will find this includes lesson plans, activities, biographical information and more.
Other
Sherlockian.net: The Life of Holmes' Creator
This is a fabulous site for the Sherlock Holmes lover. Provided here is a brief biography of Holmes' creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle along with many other links to Sherlockian information.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: First Year in Canterbury Settlement
The complete full-text of this literary work is available to download or read online multiple digital formats.
University of Pennsylvania
U Penn Digital Library: Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of 18 of Thackeray's works.
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: The Death of Queen Victoria, 1901
Overview of events surrounding the death of Queen Victoria.
Other
Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling
This site provides links to the full texts of Rudyard Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads, which features such poems as "Gunga Din."
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: Sing Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book
This site, produced by "A Celebration of Women" from the University of Pennsylvania, provides the full text of Christina Rossetti's Nursery Rhyme Book with 120 illustrations.