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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel WebsiteBritish Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel Website
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9th - 10th
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel

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These articles answer the following questions about novels between 1832-1880: From Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell to George Eliot, how did the writers of this period use fantasy, realism, sensationalism, and social commentary? How did literature comment on class division, industrialization, gender roles, and perceptions of childhood?

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a christmas carol, alice's adventures in wonderland, fantasy, great expectations, industrialization, jane eyre, lewis carroll, oliver twist, realism, social classes, wuthering heights

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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Discover a wealth of original sources from the Romantic and Victorian periods, including original manuscripts, rare first editions, newspapers, diaries, letters, photographs, and maps.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Technology

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The 19th century saw a rapid technological change, together with paradigm shifts in scientific understanding. These articles research how authors responded to the new possibilities afforded by technology and science.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Articles

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Read newly-commissioned articles on Victorian and Romantic literature.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Gender and Sex

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A series of articles that research how gender roles were defined in the 19th century, and how they were represented in the literature of the period.
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Gothic fiction has intrigued and unsettled readers for more than two centuries. These articles research how these works reflect the political, social, and cultural contexts in which they were written.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Themes

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From Romantic poetry to Gothic horror, from depictions of poverty and industrialization to portrayals of the middle classes, and from crime fiction to fin de siecle decadence: the literary works of the Romantic and Victorian periods...
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How did rising literacy rates, libraries, and new technologies influence literature and reading habits during the Romantic and Victorian periods? These resources answer this question.
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