English novel
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The English novel is an important part of English literature. This article mainly concerns novels, written in English, by novelists who were born or have spent a significant part of their lives in Eng
Portrait of Samuel Richardson by Joseph Highmore. National Portrait Gallery, Westminster, England.
Sir Walter Scott
Charles Dickens
H. G. Wells studying in London, taken c. 1890
Victorian literature
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Victorian literature is English literature during the reign of Queen Victoria. In the Victorian era, the novel became the leading literary genre in English. English writing from this era reflects the
'Carlyle and Tennyson talked and smoked together.' Drawing by J. R. Skelton, 1920
The Brontë sisters wrote fiction rather different from that common at the time.
Lord Tennyson, the Poet Laureate
Charles Darwin's work On the Origin of Species affected society, throughout the Victoria era, and still does today.