Cometh Up As a Flower


Rhoda Broughton - 1867
    Nell is in love with one man, but marries another. The heroine's frank discussion of her sexual attraction to her lover, and her dispassionate evaluation of loveless marriage as a form of self-sale was criticized by many critics of the day; however, Cometh Up was one of Rhoda Broughton's most successful sensation novels and was widely read.

Mercury Mind (The Downfall Saga Book 1)


Chris Mccready - 2015
    Donovan arrives at the gates of Haven to learn to control his magic.A heinous symbol carved into his chest and no memory of who he is.He soon realizes that his magic is different than his classmates.Will he discover the nature of his magic and heritage before his past catches up to him?

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World


Steven Johnson - 2006
    John Snow. It's the summer of 1854, and London is just emerging as one of the first modern cities in the world. But lacking the infrastructure—garbage removal, clean water, sewers—necessary to support its rapidly expanding population, the city has become the perfect breeding ground for a terrifying disease no one knows how to cure. As the cholera outbreak takes hold, a physician and a local curate are spurred to action—and ultimately solve the most pressing medical riddle of their time. In a triumph of multidisciplinary thinking, Johnson illuminates the intertwined histories and inter-connectedness of the spread of disease, contagion theory, the rise of cities, and the nature of scientific inquiry, offering both a riveting history and a powerful explanation of how it has shaped the world we live in.

My Lady Ludlow


Elizabeth Gaskell - 1858
    She will keep no servant who can read and write and insists that the lower orders have no rights, but only duties. But the winds of change are blowing through the village of Hanbury. The vicar, Mr. Gray, wishes to start a Sunday school for religious reasons; Mr. Horner wants to educate the citizens for economic reasons. But Lady Ludlow is not as rigid as one may think.

John Halifax, Gentleman


Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - 1856
    John Halifax, Gentleman, one of the most beloved novels of the Victorian period, is now available in an annotated modern edition that includes a wide variety of historical documents.

Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems


Christina Rossetti - 1866
    Morning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: 'Come buy our orchard fruits; Come buy; come by…' -Excerpt from Goblin Market

Daniel Deronda


George Eliot - 1876
    She is aware of, and resents, the gaze of an unusual young man, a stranger, who seems to judge her, and find her wanting. The encounter will change her life.The strange young man is Daniel Deronda, brought up with his own origins shrouded in mystery, searching for a compelling outlet for his singular talents and remarkable capacity for empathy. Deronda's destiny will change the lives of many.

The Girl Below Stairs


Hope Dawson - 2021
    

The Story of a Modern Woman


Ella Hepworth Dixon - 1894
    Like Hepworth Dixon herself, the novel's heroine Mary Erle is a woman writer struggling to make her living as a journalist in the 1880s. Forced by her father's sudden death to support herself, Mary Erle turns to writing three-penny-a-line fiction, works that (as her editor insists) must have a ball in the first volume, a picnic and a parting in the second, and an opportune death in the third.This Broadview edition's rich selection of historical documents helps to contextualize The Story of a Modern Woman in relation to contemporary debates about the "New Woman."

The Raven and Other Favorite Poems


Edgar Allan Poe - 1845
    1845 edition of the New York Evening Mirror. It brought Edgar Allan Poe, then in his mid-thirties and a well-known poet, critic and short story writer, his first taste of celebrity on a grand scale. The Raven remains Poe's best-known work, yet it is only one of the dazzling series of poems and stories that won him an enduring place in world literature. This volume contains The Raven and 40 others of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable poems.To ----("I saw thee on thy bridal day") --Dreams --Spirits of the dead --Evening star --A dream within a dream --Stanzas --A dream --The happiest day, the happiest hour --The lake : to ----Sonnet : to Science --Romance --To --("The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see") --To the River ----To --("I heed not that my earthly lot") --Fairy-land --To Helen ("Helen, thy beauty is to me") --Israfel --The city in the sea --The sleeper --Lenore --The valley of unrest --The Coliseum --To one in paradise --To F----Sonnet : to Zante --The haunted palace --Sonnet : silence --The conqueror worm --Dream-land --The raven --Eulalie : a song --To M.L. S----Ulalume --To ----("Not long ago, the writer of these lines") --To Helen ("I saw thee once, once only, years ago") --Eldorado --For Annie --To my mother --Annabel Lee --The bells --Alone.

The Collected Novels of the Brontë Sisters


Anne Brontë - 2008
    Both Charlotte's Jane Eyre and Emily's Wuthering Heights have won lofty places in the pantheon and stirred the romantic sensibilities of generations of readers. For the first time ever, Penguin Classics unites these two enduring favorites with the lesser known but no less powerful work by their youngest sister, Anne. Drawn from Anne's own experiences as a governess, Agnes Grey offers a compelling view of Victorian chauvinism and materialism. Its inclusion makes The Brontë Sisters a must-have volume for anyone fascinated by this singularly talented family. @HeathBar The house is now mine. Since the neighbor has Catherine, I’ll seduce his sister. We’ll see how brave he is when she’s got Heathcock in her. Girl is preggers. Catherine is dead. My world is over. I’ve become an evil, evil man. Naming my son Heathcliff Jr. From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less

Westward Ho! or, the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough


Charles Kingsley - 1855
    His work still pulses with life and vitality.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde & The Body Snatcher


Robert Louis Stevenson - 1885
    Presents two classic tales of terror, in which the protagonists put their souls in peril by their criminal activities and hope their evil deeds do not catch up to them.

The Victorian Christmas


Anna Selby - 2008
    Book annotation not available for this title.Title: The Victorian ChristmasAuthor: Selby, AnnaPublisher: Casemate Pub & Book Dist LlcPublication Date: 2008/12/19Number of Pages: 186Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress: 2009293811

East Lynne


Mrs. Henry Wood - 1853
    Ellen Wood played upon the anxieties of the Victorian middle classes who feared a breakdown of the social order as divorce became more readily available and promiscuity threatened the sanctity of the family. In her novel the simple act of hiring a governess raises the spectres of murder, disguise, and adultery. Her sensation novel was devoured by readers from the Prince of Wales to Joseph Conrad and continued to fascinate This edition returns for the first time to the racy, slang-ridden narrative of the first edition, rather than the subsequent stylistically 'improved' versions hitherto reproduced by modern editors.