1977, ISBN: 9780812004779

New York, USA.: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1977. 343 pages. (375 grams) "This anthology presents the reader with a vigorous and varied collection of the fiction that was pr… Meer...

New York, USA.: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1977. 343 pages. (375 grams) "This anthology presents the reader with a vigorous and varied collection of the fiction that was produced during the reign of Queen Victoria in England. Although the term Victorian conjures up images Of priggish men and women clinging to the status quo the literature of this period is exciting, entertaining, and often challenging.In this book you will find examples of early science fiction in am fact-based fantasies of H. G. Wells. You will find haunted castles lit by flashes of lightning in the gothic writing of Mary Shelley. You will find the beginnings of modern mystery stories in the work of Wilkie Collins. And you will find an exciting example by the master of detective fiction Arthur Conan Doyle. creator of Sherlock Holmes. TALES OF MYSTERY AND MELODRAMA also includes fine examples of the, type of writing that ushered in modern literature. In particular. the collection includes representative works by Thomas Hardy and Joseph Conrad. " >>> Author's Included; Rudyard Kipling, Sir Walter Scott, H. G. Wells, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, Walter Pater, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, George Moore, M.R. James, Arthur Morrison, Israel Zangwill, John Galsworthy, Hubert Crackanthorpe, Sir Max Beerbohm; >>> Writing on inside front Cover; 2" Crease at bottom right cover corner;. First Collected Edition, PBO thus!. Soft Cover. VERY GOOD Minus. Illus. by Illustrated Cover art!. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Trade Paperback.., Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1977<

1977, ISBN: 9780812004779

New York, USA.: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1977. 343 pages. (375 grams) "This anthology presents the reader with a vigorous and varied collection of the fiction that was pr… Meer...

New York, USA.: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1977. 343 pages. (375 grams) "This anthology presents the reader with a vigorous and varied collection of the fiction that was produced during the reign of Queen Victoria in England. Although the term Victorian conjures up images Of priggish men and women clinging to the status quo the literature of this period is exciting, entertaining, and often challenging.In this book you will find examples of early science fiction in am fact-based fantasies of H. G. Wells. You will find haunted castles lit by flashes of lightning in the gothic writing of Mary Shelley. You will find the beginnings of modern mystery stories in the work of Wilkie Collins. And you will find an exciting example by the master of detective fiction Arthur Conan Doyle. creator of Sherlock Holmes. TALES OF MYSTERY AND MELODRAMA also includes fine examples of the, type of writing that ushered in modern literature. In particular. the collection includes representative works by Thomas Hardy and Joseph Conrad. " >>> Author's Included; Rudyard Kipling, Sir Walter Scott, H. G. Wells, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, Walter Pater, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, George Moore, M.R. James, Arthur Morrison, Israel Zangwill, John Galsworthy, Hubert Crackanthorpe, Sir Max Beerbohm; >>> Writing on inside front Cover; 2" Crease at bottom right cover corner;. First Collected Edition, PBO thus!. Soft Cover. VERY GOOD Minus. Illus. by Illustrated Cover art!. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Trade Paperback.., Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1977<