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During the Victorian period, the novel replaced the poem as the most popular written work. Many novels written in this time period were published in serial format and focused on struggles between social classes.

What is the Greatest Novel of the Victorian Literature Period?

The Victorian Literature period spans 65 years (1837-1901) and includes many of the most accomplished and enduring novels in the English language, making it difficult to declare only one the greatest.
http://classic-literature.yoexpert.com/periods-and-movements-6709/what-is-the-greatest-novel-of-the-victorian-litera-3187.html
The Top 10 Neo-Victorian Novels

Charles Palliser chooses his favourite modern fiction that revisits the Victorian era for a 21st-century audience, from Fingersmith to Cold Mountain.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/10/top-10-neo-victorian-novels-charles-palliser-fingersmith-cold-mountain
Significant and Best-Selling Victorian Novels, 1837-1861, by Year of Volume Publication

Although they are not listed, some important novels by such American authors as Stowe, Hawthorne, Melville, Fennimore Cooper, and Washington Irving sold well in England during the nineteenth century.
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/pva/pva90.html
What are the Top ten Novels in Victorian Literature? - Goodreads

Which novels belong in the Victorian top ten list? There must have been different lists out there, but I'm interested to see a list which is the most widely acceptable among critics and readers alike.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/178004-what-are-the-top-ten-novels-in-victorian-literature
10 Classic Victorian Novels Everyone Should Read

Here is our list of the 10 Victorian novels we at Interesting Literature think everyone should read – whether because they’re great novels, because they tell us something important about Victorian society, because they stand as classics of the period, or (in most cases) all three.
https://interestingliterature.com/2014/07/18/10-classic-victorian-novels-everyone-should-read/
Victorian Literature

It was the best of times for the serialized novel; it was the worst of times for satire. Yep, that's the Victorian era for you. Named for a spiffy royal lady (you guessed it: Queen Victoria).
http://www.shmoop.com/victorian-literature/
Victorian Literature - The Literature Network

Defining Victorian literature in any satisfactory and comprehensive manner has proven troublesome for critics ever since the nineteenth century came to a close. The movement roughly comprises the years from 1830 to 1900, though there is ample disagreement regarding even this simple point. The name given to the period is borrowed from the royal matriarch of England, Queen Victoria, who sat on throne from 1837 to 1901.
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/victorian.php
Popular Victorian Literature Books - Goodreads

Books shelved as victorian-literature: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/victorian-literature
English literature: The Victorian Age

The Victorian Age The Reform Bill of 1832 gave the middle class the political power it needed to consolidate—and to hold—the economic.
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/english-literature-the-victorian-age.html
A Literary Odyssey: A List of Victorian Writers (A Victorian Celebration)

I thought it might be a good idea to organize a massive list of Victorian writers. I have had a lot of questions about who is really a Victorian writer and whether writers from countries other than England will count towards the challenge (for the record, they count).
http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/2012/06/list-of-victorian-writers-victorian.html
Literary Elements of Victorian Literature - eHow

Literary Elements of Victorian Literature. The Victorian era was a time in British history that spanned from 1837 to 1901, the period during which Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire. Boasting such canonical authors as Charles Dickens, the Brontes and Rudyard Kipling, Victorian literature features an array of literary elements that were...
http://www.ehow.com/info_12113986_literary-elements-victorian-literature.html
The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Victorian Age: Introduction

In 1897 Mark Twain was visiting London during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations honoring the sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria's coming to the throne. "British history is two thousand years old," Twain observed, "and yet in a good many ways the world has moved farther ahead since the Queen was born than it moved in all the rest of the two thousand put together."
https://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/victorian/welcome.htm
Key Differences between Romantic Era and Victorian Era Poetry - Buy Custom Papers

Poetry is one of the ways that poets use in order to express their ideas and opinions to the rest of the world. Poetry is a genre that has lived the test of time as one of the avenues that artists and poets reach the audience and convey their messages.
http://www.primeresearchwriters.com/key-differences-romantic-era-victorian-era-poetry-2/
The Interrelatedness of the Four Authors - Victorian Era

All of these influential authors of the Victorian era included characters from a range of classes in the Victorian era. There were three basic classes of the Victorian era. The working class had poor living and working conditions, did not follow the rules of court, did not participate in social entertainment, and had little chance for an education. The middle class consisted of mostly working men because they were the ones who provided the income.
https://sites.google.com/a/cheshire.k12.ct.us/victorian-era/time-line-of-the-victorian-era
Victorian Literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

While in the preceding Romantic period poetry had been the dominant genre, it was the novel that was most important in the Victorian period.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_literature
Charles Dickens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia's information about Charles Dickens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens

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What is the Greatest Novel of the Victorian Literature Period?

The Victorian Literature period spans 65 years (1837-1901) and includes many of the most accomplished and enduring novels in the English language, making it difficult to declare only one the greatest.
http://classic-literature.yoexpert.com/periods-and-movements-6709/what-is-the-greatest-novel-of-the-victorian-litera-3187.html
The Top 10 Neo-Victorian Novels

Charles Palliser chooses his favourite modern fiction that revisits the Victorian era for a 21st-century audience, from Fingersmith to Cold Mountain.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/10/top-10-neo-victorian-novels-charles-palliser-fingersmith-cold-mountain
Significant and Best-Selling Victorian Novels, 1837-1861, by Year of Volume Publication

Although they are not listed, some important novels by such American authors as Stowe, Hawthorne, Melville, Fennimore Cooper, and Washington Irving sold well in England during the nineteenth century.
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/pva/pva90.html
What are the Top ten Novels in Victorian Literature? - Goodreads

Which novels belong in the Victorian top ten list? There must have been different lists out there, but I'm interested to see a list which is the most widely acceptable among critics and readers alike.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/178004-what-are-the-top-ten-novels-in-victorian-literature
10 Classic Victorian Novels Everyone Should Read

Here is our list of the 10 Victorian novels we at Interesting Literature think everyone should read – whether because they’re great novels, because they tell us something important about Victorian society, because they stand as classics of the period, or (in most cases) all three.
https://interestingliterature.com/2014/07/18/10-classic-victorian-novels-everyone-should-read/
Victorian Literature

It was the best of times for the serialized novel; it was the worst of times for satire. Yep, that's the Victorian era for you. Named for a spiffy royal lady (you guessed it: Queen Victoria).
http://www.shmoop.com/victorian-literature/
Victorian Literature - The Literature Network

Defining Victorian literature in any satisfactory and comprehensive manner has proven troublesome for critics ever since the nineteenth century came to a close. The movement roughly comprises the years from 1830 to 1900, though there is ample disagreement regarding even this simple point. The name given to the period is borrowed from the royal matriarch of England, Queen Victoria, who sat on throne from 1837 to 1901.
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/victorian.php
Popular Victorian Literature Books - Goodreads

Books shelved as victorian-literature: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/victorian-literature
English literature: The Victorian Age

The Victorian Age The Reform Bill of 1832 gave the middle class the political power it needed to consolidate—and to hold—the economic.
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/english-literature-the-victorian-age.html
A Literary Odyssey: A List of Victorian Writers (A Victorian Celebration)

I thought it might be a good idea to organize a massive list of Victorian writers. I have had a lot of questions about who is really a Victorian writer and whether writers from countries other than England will count towards the challenge (for the record, they count).
http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/2012/06/list-of-victorian-writers-victorian.html
Literary Elements of Victorian Literature - eHow

Literary Elements of Victorian Literature. The Victorian era was a time in British history that spanned from 1837 to 1901, the period during which Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire. Boasting such canonical authors as Charles Dickens, the Brontes and Rudyard Kipling, Victorian literature features an array of literary elements that were...
http://www.ehow.com/info_12113986_literary-elements-victorian-literature.html
The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Victorian Age: Introduction

In 1897 Mark Twain was visiting London during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations honoring the sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria's coming to the throne. "British history is two thousand years old," Twain observed, "and yet in a good many ways the world has moved farther ahead since the Queen was born than it moved in all the rest of the two thousand put together."
https://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/victorian/welcome.htm
Key Differences between Romantic Era and Victorian Era Poetry - Buy Custom Papers

Poetry is one of the ways that poets use in order to express their ideas and opinions to the rest of the world. Poetry is a genre that has lived the test of time as one of the avenues that artists and poets reach the audience and convey their messages.
http://www.primeresearchwriters.com/key-differences-romantic-era-victorian-era-poetry-2/
The Interrelatedness of the Four Authors - Victorian Era

All of these influential authors of the Victorian era included characters from a range of classes in the Victorian era. There were three basic classes of the Victorian era. The working class had poor living and working conditions, did not follow the rules of court, did not participate in social entertainment, and had little chance for an education. The middle class consisted of mostly working men because they were the ones who provided the income.
https://sites.google.com/a/cheshire.k12.ct.us/victorian-era/time-line-of-the-victorian-era
Victorian Literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

While in the preceding Romantic period poetry had been the dominant genre, it was the novel that was most important in the Victorian period.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_literature
Charles Dickens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia's information about Charles Dickens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens

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During the Victorian period, the novel replaced the poem as the most popular written work. Many novels written in this time period were published in serial format and focused on struggles between social classes.

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