Originally published in 1922, this book aimed to acquaint the non-specialist reader with the lives and works of eleven eminent Victorian writers. Adopting an invariably informal stance and filled with vivid and amusing anecdotes throughout, this book provides fresh and captivating insights into the lives and works of writers we are so familiar with today, such as Alfred Tennyson, George Eliot and Charles Dickens. This book will serve as a salient reference for Victorian literature researchers and will be a valuable resource for the broader community of literature scholars.

Originally published in 1922, this book aimed to acquaint the non-specialist reader with the lives and works of eleven eminent Victorian writers. Adopting an invariably informal stance and filled with vivid and amusing anecdotes throughout, this book provides fresh and captivating insights into the lives and works of writers we are so familiar with today, such as Alfred Tennyson, George Eliot and Charles Dickens. This book will serve as a salient reference for Victorian literature researchers and will be a valuable resource for the broader community of literature scholars.