'This book is one of the most impressive critical analyses of nineteenth-century literary culture that I have read in a long time. A closely written and argued

What did reading mean to the Victorians? This question is the key point of departure for Reading and the Victorians, an examination of the era when reading unde

The 19th century has become especially relevant for the present--as one can see from, for example, large-scale adaptations of written works, as well as the expl

How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table

The Victorian era produced artistic achievements, technological inventions and social developments that continue to shape how we live today. This Companion offe