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.
British literature
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British literature is a body of literature from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. This article covers British literature in the Englis
A facsimile page of Y Gododdin c. 1275
First page facsimile of Beowulf
Sir Bedivere casts King Arthur's sword Excalibur back to the Lady of the Lake. The Arthurian Cycle has influenced British literature across languages and down the centuries.
Geoffrey Chaucer, father of English literature