Pamela M. Price-Anisman
Allen, Walter.
The English Novel
. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1954.
A critical history of the novel from Bunyan to Lawrence and Joyce.
Arnold, Matthew.
Culture and Anarchy
. J. Dover Wilson, ed. London: Cambridge University Press, 1932.
Primary source on the impact of expanding industry and social reform on a society in transition.
Briggs, Asa.
The Age of Improvement
:
1783-1867
. London: Longman Grop Limited, 1959.
A study of the impact of the French Revolution and social cleavage in a changing Great Britain.
Buckley, Jerome Hamilton.
The Victorian Temper
. New York: Vintage Books, 1951.
A study of literary culture at various points in the century.
Evans, Joan.
The Victorians
. Cambridge: University Press, 1966.
A great source book filled with photos and excerpts from the people themselves.
Hart, Roger.
English Life in the Nineteenth Century
. London: Wayland Publishers, 1957.
A concise description of aspects of Victorian life coupled with excellent pictures.
Houghton, Walter E.
The Victorian Frame of Mind
. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957.
A comprehensive study of Victorian ideas that stresses their interrelationship with our own thinking.
Mountfield, David.
Histor
y
o
f
England
. New York: Leon Amiel Publisher, 1978.
A concise, easy to read overview with many illustrations.
Muir, Richard.
The English Village
. London: Thames and Hudson, 1980.
Some history but the value is the beautiful photographs of villages that still exist in the English countryside.
Preyer, Robert 0.
Victorian Literature
. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1966.
A fine short collection of essays about major Victorian novels.
Reader, W.J.
Life in Victorian England
. New York: Putnam, 1964.
A very readable study of the tenor of life in Victorian days.
Spencer Hazelton Walter E. Houghton, and Herbert Barrows, eds.
British Literature from Blake to the Present Day
. Boston: D.C. Heath, 1963.
An excellent college anthology of non-fiction and poetry with first-rate introductions to each section.
Thompson, E.P.
The Making of the English Working Class
. New York.: Pantheon Books, 1963.
THE
authoritative study of the English working class. A must for teachers who really want to explore the century.
Vincinus, Martha, ed.
A Widening Sphere
:
Changing Roles of Victorian
Women
. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1977.
A collection of essays and lectures on an important contemporary issue.
———.
Suffer and Be Still
:
Women
in
the Victorian
Age
. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1962.
Included are essays on women in various aspects of English life. These are interesting to read in light of the importance of the female characters in the suggested literature.
Willcox, William B.
The Age of Aristocracy
:
1688 to 1830
. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1976.
A detailed history of the English nobility prior to Victoria.
Wingfield-Stratford, Esmé.
The Victorian Cycle
. New York: William Morrow, 1935.
A readable trilogy that includes history, social life, and customs.