The Portable Victorian Reader

by Gordon S. Haight (Editor)

A rich and extensive selection from Britain's Victorian authors provides a new and rewarding perspective of this expansive period—the people themselves and their work, politics, religion, history, and philosophies.

Includes selections from
- Matthew Arnold
- Charlotte Brontë
- Samuel Butler
- Thomas Carlyle
- Charles Darwin
- Charles Dickens
- George Eliot
- Friedrich Engels
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Charles Kingsley
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
- William Morris
- John Henry Newman
- Walter Pater
- John Ruskin
- William Makepeace Thackery
- Anthony Trollope
...and a score of others, including Queen Victoria herself.

Genres: Classics, Anthologies, Fiction

658 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

Reviews

[Lisa Alfaro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unfortunately, I hadn't realized how political this compilation was (which is my own fault). I read the bits by authors I was interested in and left the rest. However, if you want a 360' view of Victorian life through the eyes of those who were there, this is an excellent and comprehensive selection.

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good collection, but I'd like to see a revised update.