#victorian literature

#19th century travel #african exploration #colonial history #eva hope #geography #henry morton stanley #imperial era #stanley and africa #victorian literature

#19th century england #charlotte brontë #class conflict #currer bell #female authors #historical fiction #industrial revolution #shirley #social novel #victorian literature

#english poetry #hymns #poet laureate #religious poetry #robert bridges #victorian literature

#1844 #charles dickens #first edition #illustrated novels #martin chuzzlewit #phiz #victorian literature