Bernales, Sarahmae H.
BSED-ENGLISH 3A
LIT 5 - Survey of English and American Literature
Reading Assignment 9
Major Victorian Poets
1. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
2. Christina Rossetti
3. Robert Browning
4. Lord Tennyson
5. Lewis Carroll
Victorian Novelists
1. Charlotte Brontë
2. Wilkie Collin
3. Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Famous Poems Brief Account of the Poem
Aurora Leigh The poem tells the story of
Aurora Leigh, a woman who
seeks a career as a poet after
rejecting an inheritance and a
male suitor.
Goblin Market It recounts how a woman is
seduced into eating beautiful
fruit sold by goblins and how her
sister saves her after she sickens.
My Last Duchess This is about the Duke of Ferrara
describes how he (probably)
killed his last wife to the man
who is arranging his next
marriage, is one of the most
famous examples of a dramatic
monologue.
In Memoriam A. H. H. Tennyson wrote this book-length
sequence of verses to
commemorate the death of his
close friend Arthur Henry Hallam.
The poem contains some of the
most famous lines in literature,
including “Tis better to have
loved and lost/Than never to
have loved at all,” and was
widely quoted in the Victorian
period.
Jabberwocky A poem that uses many invented
words to narrate the killing of a
monster called the Jabberwock.
Famous Novels Brief Account of the Novel
Jane Eyre Jane Eyre uses many Gothic
conventions: a young, pure
female heroine; a sinister house
filled with mysteries; and a
handsome, brooding older man –
but within a Victorian frame.
Jane Eyre must make her own
way in the world as a governess,
and must also pursue what is
right for her despite Victorian
gender and class conventions.
The Woman in White Tells the story of two women
who look strangely alike and are
substituted for each other at
various points, is perhaps the
most famous example.
Lady Audley’s Secret This is about the deranged
woman who tries to kill her
husband after he realizes that
 she has married another man.
4. William Makepeace Vanity Fair The novel follows the
Thackeray adventures of Becky Sharpe, a
scheming and amoral heroine
who manipulates all those
around her (and does very well
for herself), in contrast to Amelia
Sedley, a trusting and virtuous
young woman who struggles to
find happiness.
5. Charles Dickens Hard Times It is about the millworker hero,
Stephen Blackpool, faces
ostracism after his refusal to join
the millworkers’ union.
Psychological Novel Writers Famous Literary Work & Genre Brief Account of the Work
1. George Elliot Middlemarch Portrays the progress of several
marriages in a small provincial
town. Dorothea Brooke, the
heroine, is an idealist who
marries an elderly scholar,
Casaubon, in the hopes of
helping him with his work. But
she becomes disillusioned and
finds herself attracted to his
nephew Will Ladislaw.
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Romance and Adventure Writers Famous Literary Work & Genre Brief Account of the Work
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19th Century Playwrights Famous Play/Drama Brief Account of the Work
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