What did reading mean to the Victorians? This question is the key point of departure for Reading and the Victorians, an examination of the era when reading unde

How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table

Understanding the Victorians paints a vivid portrait of this era of dramatic change, combining broad survey with close analysis and introducing students to the

Explains how Victorian women readers strategically identified with literature to defy stereotypes and inspire their action and creativity.

"Suppose that everything we think we know about the Victorians is wrong." So begins Inventing the Victorians by Matthew Sweet, a compact and mind-bending whirlw