19th Century Literature Series

Posted on January 16th, 2009 by Jacqui Goetz permalink

Michael Bevel brings humor and insight to Victorian Literature in his year long series on the Victorian Novel. Their book list includes novels from the 4 different themes mentioned above and each book stands alone, but together they give a portrait of the varied literature and concerns of the time.

Gothic/Sensation Novels

• January 27: The Monk, Matthew Lewis
• February 17: The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins (Library Lovers Month!)
• March 17: Lady Audley’s Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Novels by Women

• April 21: East Lynne, Ellen Wood
• May 19: North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell
• June 16: Villette, Charlotte Brontë

European Novels

• July 21: The Maias, Eca de Queiros
• August 18: The Kreutzer Sonata, Leo Tolstoy
• September 15: Madam Bovary, Gustave Flaubert

Late-/Post-Victorian Novels

• October 20: The Odd Women, George Gissing
• November 17: Dracula, Bram Stoker
• December 15: The Man of Property, John Galsworthy