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Paper No. 6 -Victorian literature
- 1. Name : BhartiDharaiya Roll No. : 3 Sem : 2 Topic : Major Novelist of the Victorian Age Subject : Victorian literature ( Paper no. 6) Enrollment No. : 206919984200008 Email ID : bhartidharaiya123@gmail.com College Name : Department of English Maharaja krishnakumarsinhji Bhavangar University
- 2. Charles Dickens George Eliot WilliamMakepeace Thackeray MAJOR NOVELIST OF THE VICTORIAN AGE
- 3. • He wasborn in Englan. • He regarded as greatest novelist of the age. • He created some of the world best known fictional characters. CHARLES DICKENS (7 FEBRUARY 1812 – 9 JUNE 1870)
- 4. Synopsis of hislife Dickens left school to work in a factory . Dispite his lack of formal education. He edited a weekly journal for 20 years. He wrote 15 novel, 5 novellas, hundreds of short stories and non fiction articles. He had become an international literary celebrity. Famous for his humour, satire and keen obsevation of character and society. His novel published in monthly or weekly.
- 5. • The PickwickPapers • Oliver Twist • Nicholas Nickleby • A Christmas Carol • David Copperfield • Break House NOTABLE WORKS
- 6. “The Parish Boy’sProgress” •Novel published in 1839. •The story centres on orphan Oliver Twist born in a workhouse. OLIVER TWIST
- 7. • Marry AnnEvans. • She was English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writer of the Victorian Era. GEORGE ELIOT (22 NOVEMBER 1818 – 22 DECEMBER 1880)
- 8. Life of GeorgeEliot Evans had little formal education. Take self education and Breadth of learning. She had been struggling with religious doubts for some time. Evans was introduced to more liberal and agonistic theologies. Evans was one of the first graduation college of Bedford college. She did most of the producing the journal, contribution many essays and reviews. Her first Complete novel published in 1859.
- 9. • Adam Bede(1859) • The mill on the floss (1860) • Silas Marner (1861) • Romola (1862-63) • Felix Hott (1866) • The Redical (1866) • Middlemarch (1871-72) • Daniel Derinda (1876) NOTABLE WORKS
- 10. “A study ofprovencial life” • Appearing in eight instalments in 1871-72. • Intersecting stories with many characters • Issues include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self interest, religion, hypcrisy, political reform and education. • Middlemarch focused on the two character Lydgate and Dorothea. MIDDLEMARCH
- 11. William Makepeace Thackeray(1811-1863) British novelist and author. He is known for his satirical works. He began as satirist and parodist. Satire is generally softened by a noble tenderness Vanity fair (1847-1848) is the best known of Thackeray‘s novel.
- 12. Conclusion Victorian Erawas the period of Queen Victoria’s reign. Major Novelist of the Victorian Age reflect their life into their works. Charles Dickens, William Thackeray and George Eliot greatest novelist, who wrote many novel in Victorian Era. So Victorian contemporary situation found in their novels.
- 13. Work cited Long,William J., the Victorian Age, Major Novelist of the Age, English literature, AITBS publisher,INDIA , editon published in 2018, originally published in 1909.