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In the first thirty years of Victoria's reign, reform established the basis of democratic government, the agrarian and industrial revolutions meant the poor became poorer, the middle class flourished and the aristocracy began to fade. The latter part of the century saw the adverse effects of this growth and success - self satisfaction, belief in the superiority of the British leading to a jingoistic foreign policy and much resting on laurels. It was an incredible period of transistion, investigated, revealed and ultimately attacked by writers, the like of which we shall never see again.
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Trilby by George Du MaurierFull of the author's joie de vivre, this tale revels in the artistic life of 19th Century Paris. Three friends, perfect companions for each other, try to make their way as painters in the Bohemian climate of the left bank of the Seine, but then Little Billee falls in love. The object of his aff… £25.99 |
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Rebels and Romantics by 19th Century VerseThis collection contains not only the works of celebrated poets of the 19th Century but also others whose names have nearly passed into obscurity. Their poetry exemplifies the richness of literature in America and Britain at the time. Many of these writers were rebels and their rebellion was not jus… £11.99 |
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Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome K. Jerome"This is a sensible book. I want you to understand that. This is a book to improve your mind. In this book, I tell you all about Germany – at all events all I know about Germany – and the Ober-Ammorgau Passion Play. I also tell you about other things. I do not tell you all I know ab… £13.49 |
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The Woman Who Did by Grant Allen‘The Woman Who Did’ written in 1893, wholly and solely to satisfy the author’s conscience was perhaps the most controversial book of the late 19th Century. Certainly, it was a success de scandale and a commercial triumph. The heroine, Herminia Barton, chooses to live unmarried with… £15.99 |
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The Professor by Charlotte BronteWilliam Crimsworth escapes the brutal employment of his brother in a Yorkshire mill town, changes profession and takes a position as tutor in a boys' school in Brussels.
The authoress is unusually frank, for the time, in her scr… £26.49 |
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The Coral Island by R. M. BallantyneHeroes Ralph, Jack and Peterkin set sail on the Arrow and are the only three survivors of a fearful shipwreck. They are washed ashore on a seemingly idyllic coral island.
This tranquillity is violently disturbed, first by a tribe of… £26.49 |
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Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth GaskellThe tale of a rural habitation in the late 19th Century and the effect of industrialisation on the local community.
Seventeen year old Phillis lives on Hope Farm with her parents Minister Ebenezer Holman and his simple wife. Her sec… £13.49 |
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The Frozen Deep by Wilkie CollinsRichard Wardour leaves England on a voyage to the African coast under the impression he is engaged to delicate orphan Clara Burnham. Despite sending him a letter stating the contrary Clara is anxious for her honour. She is aware that he may not have received the missive and is now betrothed to anoth… £13.49 |
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Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. JeromeThe aptly titled sequel to "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" which is also recorded by Assembled Stories and proved immensely popular.
In this succeeding outburst of whimsy Jerome reflects on a variety of subjects such as 'the art… £21.49 |
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The Sowers by H.S. MerrimanA romantic adventure yarn of plotting and corruption largely set against the panorama of Imperialist Russia but with some of the skulduggery taking place in the major capitals of Europe.
An old Etonian and half Russian, Prince Paul Alexis, inhe… £28.99 |
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Uncle Silas by J.S. Le FanuWhen rich recluse Austin Ruthyn dies from a heart attack, Maud, his daughter is made a ward to the sinister Uncle Silas. Silas is already suspected of the grisly murder of a creditor several years earlier but has never been tried for the crime. Should Maud die before she reaches her majority, Silas … £28.99 |
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Love and Mr Lewisham by H.G. WellsLove and Mr Lewisham is a hugely uplifting tale from the pen of one of our greatest writers. Wells drew on his own experience as a young teacher to provide the background and, one suspects, the emotional drama. The plot enables him to satirise the educational establishment and deliver many wry obser… £22.99 |
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Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas HardyA wonderfully evocative tale of the courtship of Fancy Day, newly arrived schoolmistress, by Dick Dewy, carrier of goods, during the four seasons of one year in Wessex. Most of Hardys’ work had tragedy woven into the narrative but ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ is full of whimsy and go… £18.49 |
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert L. StevensonDr Jekyll creates a potion whereby he can divide the good and evil parts of his personality and thus free the good side to work for the benefit of mankind without the distraction of his baser instincts. Unfortunately, he undertakes the experiment while the depraved side of his nature is in the ascen… £11.99 |
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The Princess and the Goblin by George MacdonaldRevolutionary for the time in encouraging children to think like children, the adventure of Princess Irene and Curdie, the boy miner, was to influence generations of writers, including Chesterton and Tolkien. Overflowing with fantastic ideas and images to delight the young and allegory to inspire th… £15.99 |