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(2.38) | None | This varied, unusual selection of short stories presents Victorian love in all its moods. Covering a period that embraces both Elizabeth Gaskell and Somerset Maugham, these stories range from the sentimental to the satiric, the crudely realistic to the perplexed, the mystical, and the rapturous. The lovers include a shopkeeper and an aristocrat, an actress, a governess, Americans abroad, a seaweed gatherer, and a pair of herons. Self-sacrifice and adultery figure prominently in these pages, as Victorian writers explored the nature of relationships at a time when women's growing independence brought traditional roles and assumptions into question. These stories confound expectations by recasting the familiar genres of fable, fairy tale, and naturalism to deal with these new themes, as well as demonstrating the experimentation taking place with the short story form. Victorian Love Stories also contains an inclusive array of voices and perspectives; alongside the well-known work of Trollope and Hardy one finds equally powerful stories by Lucy Clifford, Hubert Crackenthorpe, and Ellen T. Fowler. Displaying the complexity of love and the inventiveness of Victorian fiction Victorian Love Stories is the perfect gift for any lover of Victoriana--or any lover.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Flint, Kate | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Adcock, A. St. John | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Aguilar, Grace | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Alma-Tadema, Laurence | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Besant, Walter | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Braddon, Mary | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Clifford, Lucy | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Collins, Wilkie | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Crackanthorpe, Hubert | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | D'Arcy, Ella | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Dickens, Mary Angela | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Dowson, Ernest | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Edwards, Amelia B. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Egerton, George | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Fowler, Ellen T. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Fraser-Tytler, Christiana | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Gaskell, Elizabeth | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Gilbert, W.S. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hardy, Thomas | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Harland, Henry | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Henniker, Florence | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Housman, Laurence | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | James, Henry | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kipling, Rudyard | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Maugham, W. Somerset | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Mew, Charlotte | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Morris, William | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Rosetti, Christina | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Schreiner, Olive | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Steel, Flora Annie | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Trollope, Anthony | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Vynne, Nora | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wilde, Oscar | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions This varied, unusual selection of short stories presents Victorian love in all its moods. Covering a period that embraces both Elizabeth Gaskell and Somerset Maugham, these stories range from the sentimental to the satiric, the crudely realistic to the perplexed, the mystical, and the rapturous. The lovers include a shopkeeper and an aristocrat, an actress, a governess, Americans abroad, a seaweed gatherer, and a pair of herons. Self-sacrifice and adultery figure prominently in these pages, as Victorian writers explored the nature of relationships at a time when women's growing independence brought traditional roles and assumptions into question. These stories confound expectations by recasting the familiar genres of fable, fairy tale, and naturalism to deal with these new themes, as well as demonstrating the experimentation taking place with the short story form. Victorian Love Stories also contains an inclusive array of voices and perspectives; alongside the well-known work of Trollope and Hardy one finds equally powerful stories by Lucy Clifford, Hubert Crackenthorpe, and Ellen T. Fowler. Displaying the complexity of love and the inventiveness of Victorian fiction Victorian Love Stories is the perfect gift for any lover of Victoriana--or any lover. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Contains: The authoress / Grace Aguilar -- Right at last / Elizabeth Gaskell -- Frank's sealed letter / William Morris -- Malachi's cove / Anthony Trollope -- A day of days / Henry James -- The captain's last love / Wilkie Collins -- Margaret / Christiana Fraser-Tytler -- Hero / Christina Rossetti -- Her last appearance / Mary Braddon -- The story of Salome / Amelia B. Edwards -- The son's veto / Thomas Hardy -- The end of her journey / Lucy Clifford -- An elixir of love / W.S. Gilbert -- In a far-off world / Olive Schreiner -- A little grey glove / George Egerton -- A conflict of egoisms / Hubert Crackanthorpe -- An ugly little woman / Nora Vynne -- Our neighbour, Mr. Gibson / Florence Henniker -- Flower o' the quince / Henry Harland -- The pleasure-pilgrim / Ella D'arcy -- At the gates of paradise / Laurence Alma-Tadema -- The statute of limitations / Ernest Dowson -- The story of the herons / Laurence Housman -- The shrinking shoe / Walter Besant -- An idyll of an omnibus / Mary Angela Dickens -- Bob Harris's deputy / A. St John Adcock -- An old wife's tale / Ellen T. Fowler -- De amicitia / Somerset Maugham -- Some ways of love / Charlotte Mew -- Georgie Porgie / Rudyard Kipling -- Uma Himàˆvutee / Flora Annie Steel -- The nightingale and the rose / Oscar Wilde. | |
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