Victorian Literature

Queen Victoria's reign in the UK, from the late 1830s to 1901, was a time of moral contradictions and head-spinning technological innovation. WIth classic novels written during the Victorian era, as well as contemporary historical fiction looking back on that time, this collection features authors ranging from Charles Dickens and the Brontë sisters to Margaret Atwood.

Publication year 1847

Genre Novel, Fiction

Tags British Literature, Victorian Period, Romanticism, Romance, Education, Education, Gothic Literature, World History, Historical Fiction, Classic Fiction

Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights was published in December 1847 under the pen name Ellis Bell. This literary classic is Emily Brontë’s only novel, and the book is widely appreciated as an exemplary work of British Romantic literature. At the time of publication, most critical reviews of Wuthering Heights were disapproving at best and scathing at worst, so much so that Brontë’s sister Charlotte Brontë, who wrote Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell, was... Read Wuthering Heights Summary