These essays, written by Q.D. Leavis toward the end of her life, investigate previously unexplored aspects of Victorian literature and include essays and reviews that appeared originally in Scrutiny.

• Sources and acknowledgements; Editor's introduction; 1. Mrs Inchbald: A Simple Story; 2. 'That great controversy': the novel of religious controversy in the nineteenth century; 3. The Anglo-lrish novel; 4. Appendix: 5. Notes on some Anglo-lrish novels; 6. Women writers of the nineteenth century; 7. The development of character in George Eliot's novels; 8. Appendix; 9. Mrs Oliphant: Miss Varjoribanks (Introduction); 10. Mrs Oliphant: The Autobiography and Letters (Introduction); 11. Trollope and Evangelicalism; 12. Howard Sturgis: Belchamber; 13. Literary values and the novel; 14. Leslie Stephen: Cambridge critic; 15. Professor Chadwick and English studies; Reviews; Notes.

These essays, written by Q.D. Leavis toward the end of her life, investigate previously unexplored aspects of Victorian literature and include essays and reviews that appeared originally in Scrutiny.

• Sources and acknowledgements; Editor's introduction; 1. Mrs Inchbald: A Simple Story; 2. 'That great controversy': the novel of religious controversy in the nineteenth century; 3. The Anglo-lrish novel; 4. Appendix: 5. Notes on some Anglo-lrish novels; 6. Women writers of the nineteenth century; 7. The development of character in George Eliot's novels; 8. Appendix; 9. Mrs Oliphant: Miss Varjoribanks (Introduction); 10. Mrs Oliphant: The Autobiography and Letters (Introduction); 11. Trollope and Evangelicalism; 12. Howard Sturgis: Belchamber; 13. Literary values and the novel; 14. Leslie Stephen: Cambridge critic; 15. Professor Chadwick and English studies; Reviews; Notes.

These essays, written by Q.D. Leavis toward the end of her life, investigate previously unexplored aspects of Victorian literature and include essays and reviews that appeared originally in Scrutiny.

• Sources and acknowledgements; Editor's introduction; 1. Mrs Inchbald: A Simple Story; 2. 'That great controversy': the novel of religious controversy in the nineteenth century; 3. The Anglo-lrish novel; 4. Appendix: 5. Notes on some Anglo-lrish novels; 6. Women writers of the nineteenth century; 7. The development of character in George Eliot's novels; 8. Appendix; 9. Mrs Oliphant: Miss Varjoribanks (Introduction); 10. Mrs Oliphant: The Autobiography and Letters (Introduction); 11. Trollope and Evangelicalism; 12. Howard Sturgis: Belchamber; 13. Literary values and the novel; 14. Leslie Stephen: Cambridge critic; 15. Professor Chadwick and English studies; Reviews; Notes.