25. Dickens
Victorian Contex
The Gothic Novel
Oscar Wilde
Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy.. Born of humble parents at Upper Bockhampton, near Dorchester. When left school, was apprenticed to a local architect and church.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Peter Vandyke, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1795. London, National Portrait Gallery.
Beowulf
James Joyce (1882-1941)
Victoria became queen at the age of 18; she was graceful and self-assured. Her reign was the longest in British history. The Victorian Age Franz Xavier.
The Victorian Age (1830-1901)
The world of the theatre
