DuckHairback wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
Yes, I think so, in the tradition of Fielding.
I'd recommend Thackeray, Gaskell, and Trollope if you decide against Dickens.
Charlotte Brontë's Shirley is also brilliant, and criminally underrated.
Thankyou for the recommendations. I'll keep an eye open for these. I enjoy finding classics second hand because I don't have to feel guilty about not supporting the authors, but it does mean I'm at the mercy of chance.
I'm also acutely aware that I've read hardly any fiction written by women so maybe a Bronte or two might be in order.
Gaskell was a woman. ^^ Elizabeth Gaskell was Charlotte's friend and first biographer.
You may also like Margaret Oliphant who wrote roughly 100 novels. One of my all-time favourite Victorian books is her
Hester.
Good luck with your finds. I love rummaging for second-hand literature too!
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