ABSTRACT

This book guides the student through the fundamentals of this enduring literary form. By using carefully selected novels and discussing a wide range of authors including Emily Dickinson and John Kincaid, the authors provide a lively examination of the particular themes and modes of realist novels of the period. This is the only book currently available to provide such a wide range of primary and secondary material and is the prefect resource for a literature degree.

part |2 pages

Part One

chapter 1|30 pages

The genre approach

chapter 2|30 pages

Reading Pride and Prejudice

chapter 3|38 pages

Reading Frankenstein

chapter 4|38 pages

The novel and society

chapter 5|32 pages

Reading Great Expectations

chapter 6|24 pages

Reading Fathers and Sons

chapter 7|14 pages

Can realist novels survive?