Drawing on extensive research, John Sutherland builds up a fascinating picture of the cultural, social and commercial factors influencing the content and production of Victorian fiction, discussing major writers such as Collins, Dickens, Eliot, Thackeray and Trollope alongside writers also very popular with the reading public - Reade, Lytton and Mrs Humphry Ward - but whose fame has not endured. Richly informative on the Victorian literary and cultural scene, this new reissue of John Sutherland's important 1995 study is essential reading for all those interested in the evolution of the Victorian novel, and includes a new Preface situating the book in current research being carried out on the history of the book and print culture.
- ISBN13 9781403939852
- Publish Date 16 December 2005 (first published 5 April 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition 2nd ed. 2006
- Format Paperback
- Pages 198
- Language English