"Victorian literature Victorian literature is literature, mainly written in English, during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901) (the Victorian era). It was preceded by Romanticism and followed by the Edwardian era (1901–1910). While in the preceding Romantic period, poetry had been the dominant genre, it was the novel that was most important in the Victorian period. Charles Dickens (1812–1870) dominated the first part of Victoria's reign: his first novel, ""The Pickwick Papers"", was published in 1836, and his last ""Our Mutual Friend"" between 1864–5. William Thackeray's (1811–1863) most famous work ""Vanity Fair"" appeared in 1848, and the three Brontë sisters,"
"Valmouth Valmouth is a 1919 novel by British author Ronald Firbank. Valmouth is an imaginary English spa resort that attracts centenarians owing to its famed pure air. The town's name evokes actual seaside towns in the southwest peninsula of Britain, such as Falmouth, Dartmouth, Teignmouth, Exmouth and Weymouth. The novel's plot concerns, among other things, the effects of a black woman and her niece moving into a spa resort inhabited by wealthy centenarians. The ironic novel is about eroticism and exoticism in the milieu of quaint but lewd old British ladies at the fictional spa. The novel is noted for"
"with cannons, used for local trade along the river. Other sources: George Truman Morrell Commander George Truman Morrell RN (29 January 1830 – 7 May 1912) was a British naval, officer and explorer active during the Victorian era. George Truman Morrell was born 29 January 1830 in Dinan, Brittany, France, a British subject. He was the second son of a naval officer, Arthur Fleming Morrell, and Elizabeth Reid, who was the daughter of a pay officer at the Plymouth Dockyard. His eldest brother, Charles Walter Morrell, died in 1839, aged 11. His younger brother, Arthur Morrell, also born in Dinan"
"Admiral Lord Nelson and Charles Dickens. A unitarian chapel named in his memory stands in Old Portsmouth and his life was celebrated in a sacred cantata ""Greatheart: The Story of John Pounds"", by the Rev Carey Bonner. In 2005, the John Pounds Centre was opened in Queen Street, Portsmouth to encourage ""a happier and healthier lifestyle, should that be through learning, physical or social activities."" Until 1975 there was a girl's secondary modern in Portsea named after him: it is now a community centre. John Pounds John Pounds (June 17, 1766 – January 1, 1839) was a teacher and altruist"
"for Portsmouth Association Football Club, an amateur team not to be confused with the later professional Portsmouth Football Club. Rudyard Kipling, poet and author of the ""Jungle Book"", and H. G. Wells, author of ""War of the Worlds"" and ""The Time Machine"", lived in Portsmouth during the 1880s. Sir Walter Besant, a novelist and historian, was born in Portsmouth, writing one novel set exclusively in the town, ""By Celia's Arbour, A Tale of Portsmouth Town"". Historian Frances Yates was born in Portsmouth and is known for her work on Renaissance esotericism. Sir Francis Austen, brother of Jane Austen, briefly lived"
"editorial of 30 September 1909 - reprinted on 30 September 2006 but not available online. Mortimer Collins Edward James Mortimer Collins (29 June 1827 – 28 July 1876) was an English poet and novelist. He was born at Plymouth, where his father, Francis Collins, was a solicitor. He was educated at a private school, and after some years spent as mathematical master at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, he relocated to London. In London, Collins devoted himself to journalism in the Conservative Party interest, writing largely for periodicals. He also wrote occasional and humorous verse, and several novels. Soon after his second"
"re-embarkation to Australia. He was later a sealer (seal hunter), established the retail trade in preserved Maori heads and settled in Otago, New Zealand where he became that country's first art dealer before falling victim to his hosts in 1817 and being eaten. The novelist Sarah Doudney was born in Portsea on 15 January 1841. Hertha Ayrton, British engineer, mathematician, physicist and inventor, was born there in 1854. By the start of the 20th century, Portsmouth council had started to clear much of the slum housing in Portsea. The city's first council houses were built in the district in 1911."
"Hal Porter Harold Edward (Hal) Porter (16 February 1911 – 29 September 1984) was an Australian novelist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Porter was born in Albert Park, Victoria, grew up in Bairnsdale, Victoria and worked as a journalist, teacher and librarian. A car accident just before the outbreak of war prevented him from serving in World War II. His first stories were published in 1942 and by the 1960s he was writing full-time. His 1963 memoir, ""The Watcher on the Cast Iron Balcony"", is regarded as an Australian masterpiece. His other works were less successful. The literary critic Laurie"
"recordings have been released. The musical has also been performed on BBC radio, first broadcast in 1975. Valmouth Valmouth is a 1919 novel by British author Ronald Firbank. Valmouth is an imaginary English spa resort that attracts centenarians owing to its famed pure air. The town's name evokes actual seaside towns in the southwest peninsula of Britain, such as Falmouth, Dartmouth, Teignmouth, Exmouth and Weymouth. The novel's plot concerns, among other things, the effects of a black woman and her niece moving into a spa resort inhabited by wealthy centenarians. The ironic novel is about eroticism and exoticism in the"
"George Meredith George Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. Meredith was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, a son and grandson of naval outfitters. His mother died when he was five. At the age of 14 he was sent to a Moravian School in Neuwied, Germany, where he remained for two years. He read law and was articled as a solicitor, but abandoned that profession for journalism and poetry. He collaborated with Edward Gryffydh Peacock, son of Thomas"
"R. D. Blackmore Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. He won acclaim for vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Blackmore, often referred to as the ""Last Victorian"", was a pioneer of the movement in fiction that continued with Robert Louis Stevenson and others. He has been described as ""proud, shy, reticent, strong-willed, sweet-tempered, and self-centred."" Apart"
"1816, was a poet and novelist and is the author of ""Jane Eyre"", her best known work, and three other novels. She died on 31 March 1855 just before reaching the age of 39. Patrick Branwell was born in Market Street Thornton on 26 June 1817. Known as ""Branwell"", he was a painter, writer and casual worker. He became addicted to alcohol and laudanum and died at Haworth on 24 September 1848 at the age of 31. Emily Jane, born in Market Street Thornton, 30 July 1818, was a poet and novelist. She died in Haworth on 19 December 1848"
"likely to possess; and if he couldn't make a go of it, it wasn't very likely that I could."" Richard Barham Middleton Richard Barham Middleton (28 October 1882 – 1 December 1911) was an English poet and author, who is remembered mostly for his short ghost stories, in particular ""The Ghost Ship"". Born in Staines, Middlesex, Middleton was educated at Cranbrook School, Kent. He then worked as a clerk at the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation bank in London from 1901 to 1907. Unhappy with this, he affected a Bohemian life at night – he is mentioned, in disguised terms, in"
"of 1546. Rose was born in Canterbury and was educated at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys. In his book ""My Lively Lady"" Rose described himself as a shy youth and a loner, fascinated by nature and the sea. He preferred to be self-employed rather than take a regular job, which allowed him to spend the time (over several years) preparing his yacht for the trans-Atlantic race. Rose and his wife Dorothy ran a greengrocer shop at 38 Osborne Road, Southsea. Alec Rose died aged 82 on 11 January 1991 at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. At the time of his"
"Teignmouth, on the coast near his birthplace, in August 1635. Richard Whitbourne Sir Richard Whitbourne (1561 – 1635) was an English colonist, mariner and author. Richard Whitbourne was born near Bishopsteignton in south Devon, England, where he was baptised on 20 June 1561. Whilst apprenticed to a merchant adventurer of Southampton, he sailed extensively around Europe and twice to Newfoundland. He served in a ship of his own against the Great Armada under Lord Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk. He spent the next thirty years in cod fishing off Newfoundland. He assisted the pirates Peter Easton and Henry"
"Island mentioned in the Domesday Book. Due to developments during the Industrial age, more of the surrounding land was absorbed by Portsmouth in the 1870s and 1880s, principally by new housing developments. Fratton Fratton is a residential and formerly industrial area of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England. It consists of mostly Victorian terraced houses, and is typical of the residential areas in the city. There is also a modest shopping centre on Fratton Road, called The Bridge Centre, which is dominated by a large Asda supermarket and various vacant units, and in atmosphere reflects the working class roots of the neighbourhood,"
"Ann's Road, North Brixton, 19 July 1888), was a prolific writer in prose and verse. Thomas Gaspey Thomas Gaspey (31 March 1788 – 8 December 1871) was an English novelist and journalist. Gaspey was born in Hoxton as the son of William Gaspey, a lieutenant in the navy. While a youth he wrote verses for yearly pocket-books, and when about twenty contributed to ""Literary Recreations"", a monthly publication, edited by Eugenius Roche of the ""Morning Post."" Soon afterwards he was engaged as parliamentary reporter on the ""Morning Post"", contributing also dramatic reviews, political parodies, and reports of trials for treason."
"3 February 1877 at her home in London. Emily Ponsonby Lady Emily Charlotte Mary Ponsonby (1817–1877) was a Victorian novelist. Lady Emily Charlotte Mary Ponsonby was born in London in 1817. Her father was John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, who was Home Secretary in 1834. Her aunt was Lady Caroline Lamb, whose estranged husband would become Prime Minister. Her father's handwriting was notoriously bad even before he had a riding accident which exacerbated the problem. Emily was his eldest unmarried daughter and she served as his secretary. Ponsonby wrote a number of novels telling tales set in the upper"
"dockyards"". High fantasy author Neil Gaiman also sets his graphic novel ""The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch"" around Southsea, Gaiman having grown up in Portsmouth. A street along the seafront in Southsea was renamed ""The Ocean at the End of the Lane"" by the city council in honour of his novel of the same name. Notable crime novels set in Portsmouth and the surrounding area include Graham Hurley's D.I.Faraday/D.C.Winter novels and C. J. Sansom's Tudor crime novel ""Heartstone"", with the latter including references to the famous warship ""Mary Rose"" and descriptions of Tudor life in the town."
"in the area after graduating from Portsmouth Naval Academy. More contemporary Portsmouth literary figures include social critic, journalist, and author Christopher Hitchens, who was born in the city. Nevil Shute moved to Portsmouth in 1934 when he relocated his aircraft company to the city; his former home stands in Southsea. Fantasy author Neil Gaiman grew up in nearby Purbrook and the Portsmouth suburb of Southsea, and in 2013 had a Southsea road named after his novel ""The Ocean At The End Of The Lane"". Olivia Manning's childhood was also spent in the city. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a famed engineer of"
"theatrical troupe. In Patrick O'Brian's nautical historical Aubrey-Maturin series, Portsmouth is most often the port from which Captain Jack Aubrey's ships sail. Victorian novelist and historian Sir Walter Besant documented his childhood in the town in the 1840s in ""By Celia's Arbour: A Tale of Portsmouth Town"". The book is notable for its precise descriptions of the town before the defensive walls were removed. Southsea features in ""The History of Mr Polly"" by H. G. Wells under the fictional name of ""Port Burdock"", which he describes as ""one of the three townships that are grouped around the Port Burdock naval"
"a result of this the speed through the two hamlets was reduced to 40 MPH. Badminton and Hawkesbury Upton are also nearby. The Manor House in Petty France was built in 1812 for Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, prime minister from 1812 to 1827. The house has seen the likes of Lord Wellington, and has been in the ownership of the poet Wordsworth's family, Lord and Lady Apsley and the Duke of Beaufort; today it is a hotel. In her novel Northanger Abbey (written in 1803, but not published until 1817), Jane Austen mentions Petty France as a dull"
"Australian"", 15–16 January 1994, Review 3. Mary Lord: ""Hal Porter: Man of Many Parts"" (Random House, Sydney, 1993) Noel Rowe: '""No one but I will know"": Hal Porter's Honesty', in ""Australian Humanities Review"", Issue 41, February 2007 Hal Porter Harold Edward (Hal) Porter (16 February 1911 – 29 September 1984) was an Australian novelist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Porter was born in Albert Park, Victoria, grew up in Bairnsdale, Victoria and worked as a journalist, teacher and librarian. A car accident just before the outbreak of war prevented him from serving in World War II. His first stories were"
"of the Victorian era was that of Noel Doiron. For his ""noble resignation"" and self-sacrifice aboard the ""Duke William"", Doiron was celebrated in popular print throughout the 19th century in England and America. Doiron also is the namesake of the village Noel, Nova Scotia and the surrounding communities of Noel Shore, East Noel (also known as Densmore Mills), Noel Road and North Noel Road. Noel Doiron was born at Port Royal, Acadia but he lived most of his childhood at Pisiquid in the Parish of St. Famille (present day Falmouth, Nova Scotia). During Queen Anne's War, Noel Doiron was taken"
"Nicholas Toms Carrington Nicholas Toms Carrington (also Noel Thomas) (1777–1830) was an English schoolmaster and poet. The son of a retail grocer at Plymouth, Carrington was born there. Shortly his parents moved to Plymouth Dock, and for some time he was employed as a clerk in the Plymouth dockyard. Then he became a seaman on board a man-of-war, and was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797). After his term of service Carrington settled at Maidstone, Kent, where for five years he taught a public school. In 1809, with support from friends, he established a private academy at"
"February 1812; the professor William Garnett was born in Portsea on 30 December 1850. The area was originally known as the ""Common"" and lay between the town of Portsmouth and the nearby dockyard. The Common started to be developed at the end of the 17th century as a response to overcrowding within the walls of the old town. This development worried the governor of the dockyard, as he feared that the new buildings would provide cover for any forces attempting to attack. In 1703, he threatened to demolish any buildings within range of the cannons mounted on the dockyard walls."
"by Mary Henderson (née Wordsworth), William's great great granddaughter. It remains in the ownership of the Wordsworth family, and has been opened to the public since 1970. Rydal Mount Rydal Mount is a house in the small village of Rydal, near Ambleside in the English Lake District. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1813 to his death in 1850. It is currently operated as a writer's home museum. Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth in Cumberland in 1770, and knew the Lake District well from his childhood. He moved away to study at the"
"first creative flowering occurred during the reign of Queen Victoria, under whose patronage the island became a fashionable destination for the gentry. Alfred, Lord Tennyson was made Baron Tennyson, of Aldworth in the County of Sussex and of Freshwater on the Isle of Wight by Queen Victoria in 1884. The poet Algernon Charles Swinburne grew up at Bonchurch, and said in a letter that he had climbed Culver Cliff at 17. He is buried at Bonchurch. The author Maxwell Gray (Mary Gleed Tuttiett) was born in Newport, and a number of her novels, including the best-known, ""The Silence of Dean"
"Mortimer Collins Edward James Mortimer Collins (29 June 1827 – 28 July 1876) was an English poet and novelist. He was born at Plymouth, where his father, Francis Collins, was a solicitor. He was educated at a private school, and after some years spent as mathematical master at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, he relocated to London. In London, Collins devoted himself to journalism in the Conservative Party interest, writing largely for periodicals. He also wrote occasional and humorous verse, and several novels. Soon after his second marriage, to Frances Collins in 1868, he settled at Knowl Hill, Berkshire and from this"
"dance and music group, Hevva is based in Redruth. Scholars and philanthropists The historians Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin and Charles Thomas were also born in Redruth, and the Victorian philanthropist John Passmore Edwards was born in the neighbouring village of Blackwater. Town centre shopping Key shops and other outlets within the town centre include a multi-screen cinema, a covered market way, the Cornish Studies Centre, an old butter market, various antique shops, a second hand book shop and two supermarkets, plus Greens Newsagents, The Emporium (formerly John Oliver's) which still carries on the tradition of selling music and books (mainly of"
"John Carter (Mayor of Portsmouth) Sir John Carter (before December 20, 1741 – May 18, 1808), a Unitarian merchant, was on nine occasions Mayor of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, the chief maritime port for the Royal Navy. He played a key role in defusing the crisis caused by the 1797 naval mutiny at Spithead. Members of his family were long influential in Portsmouth politics. The eldest son of Susanna Pyke and John Carter, a successful and respected merchant, John was baptised in the High Street Presbyterian (Unitarian) Chapel in Portsmouth. His parents, rational dissenters, refused to belong to the Church of"
"all its contents, which included Blackmore's own library containing first editions of his works. The house itself was later demolished and Doone Close, Blackmore's Grove and Gomer Gardens were built, referencing the novelist's associations with Teddington. The end of Doone Close marks the approximate site of Gomer House. Blackmore's market garden covered the area between the present Station Road and Field Lane. R. D. Blackmore Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. He won acclaim for"
"in 1765. Stanley J. Weyman (1855 in Ludlow – 1928) was an English writer of historical romance. Notable people associated with the town include Charles Badham (1813–1884), a Victorian scholar and professor at Sydney University and Thomas Wright (1810–1877) an English antiquarian and writer. Sir Charles Hastings (1794–1866), a pioneering Victorian doctor and founder of the British Medical Association, was born in Ludlow, and grew up in Worcestershire. Ludlow was birthplace of historian Charles Lethbridge Kingsford (1862–1926), when his father was headmaster at Ludlow Grammar School. Born near the town was John Marston (1836–1918), the founder of the Sunbeam racing"