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MIDDLEMARCH
In nineteenth-century England, Dorthea Brooke's wishes to defy social conventions are inhibited by the strict nature of her surroundings.
Records of Shelley, Byron and the Author
In February 1822 the writer and adventurer Edward John Trelawny arrived in Pisa to make the acquaintance of his heroes Shelley and Byron, leaving a broken marriage and an exotic …
142 Strand
In 1851 Chapman brought Marian Evans - the future George Eliot - to London where her arrival caused rows in the household, which included Chapman's wife and also his mistress. …
One Hot Summer
A unique, colorful view of Victorian London when residents both famous and now-forgotten endured “the Great Stink” across one hot summer? While 1858 in London may have been …
George Eliot
'This richly enjoyable biography of the great Victorian novelist reminds us how truly revolutionary was George Eliot... [Ashton] provides luminously sane readings of the marvellous …