Focusing on some of the most popular novels of the century: Northanger Abbey, Jayne Eyre, Dombey and Son, Middlemarch, Far from the Madding Crowd, and Germinal, this attractive volume explores some of the recurring themes in nineteenth-century fiction:
* aspiration and vocation
* social class
* sexual politics
* Political reform
* colonialism and commerce.
This is an ideal introduction to some of the major fictional achievements of the first industrial era, and to most of the crucial themes in nineteenth-century fiction. If you are a student of the novels of this period, you will find this volume an indispensable source.
