2007-02-21 07:03:36 · 14 answers · asked by Eliza Benett 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Mid Victorian Britain - Geoffrey Best
The Making of Victorian England - G. Kitson-Clark
Industry and Empire - E.J. Hobsbawn
Leisure and Class in Victorian Englanddd - P. Bailey
2007-02-21 09:42:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
British Historian Asa Briggs' trilogy: Victorian People, Victorian Cities; Victorian Things.
Fictional accounts include Anthony Trollope's Barsetshire Chronicles. These are a series of books concerning the Anglican clergy of Barchester Cathedral and the surrounding diocese.
2007-02-21 15:42:28 · answer #2 · answered by pwei34 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might enjoy some of the novels that were actually written in the Victorian era. 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte, 'North and South' and 'Wives and Daughters' by Mrs Gaskell, 'Far From the Madding Crowd' by Thomas Hardy, are all good Victorian novels with interesting heroines. Jane Austen's novels were written a little earlier than the Victorian period, but they are also books that you might enjoy, 'Pride and Prejudice' is generally the most popular one, and has a very appealing heroine. 'Daddy Long-Legs' by Jean Webster is an absolutely delightful book, set at the turn of the last century, and although not set in England it has a wonderful heroine and marvellous descriptions of life at a girls' college at that time. very entertaining.
2016-05-24 03:35:25 · answer #3 · answered by Danielle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Victorian Cities by Asa Briggs
2007-02-21 15:30:57 · answer #4 · answered by stef8705 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most, if not all, of the novels by Anne Perry are excellent in their portrayal of Victorian society. Since she is a modern author, she clarifies customs that actual Victorian authors took for granted.
2007-02-21 09:46:44 · answer #5 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of H.G. Wells' lesser known novels are a good source of what Victorian life was like (or at least, what he thought of it).
"Men Like Gods" starts off like a sci-fi novel, but most of the book is a comparison of Victorian England and a futuristic utopia.
2007-02-21 07:21:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management? It gives many and varied details of life in Victorian society and also household management and recipes
2007-02-21 08:21:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde.
A satirical look at the excesses of the victorian Aristocracy and the moral implications of their hedonism.
2007-02-21 08:16:43 · answer #8 · answered by Bobby B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's really not what you're looking for, probably, but for an interesting take on Victorian society, try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila:_An_Inquiry_into_Morals
2007-02-21 09:16:26 · answer #9 · answered by McPutin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can chose beteween any play or book by
Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan)
Jane Austen (Pride and Predujce, Sense and Sensibilty)
Wilkie Collins (The Woman in White, The moonstone)
Charles Dickens (Oliver Twist, David Copperfield . .)
2007-02-21 20:27:37 · answer #10 · answered by Gigi C. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋