Her six major novels were published 1811-18, though some were
written earlier. The setting is the world of the comfortably-off upper middle
class. She does not describe the lifestyle of the poor.
The books 'Northanger Abbey' and 'Persuasion' highlight the
fashionable world of Bath. 'Sense and Sensibility', 'Pride and Prejudice',
'Mansfield Park', and 'Emma' all cover the genteel world of the era.
Arnold Bennett was a regional novelist from the Stoke On Trent
Potteries and he wrote 'Anna of the Five Towns', 'The Old Wive’s Tale', 'Clayhanger',
and short stories.
Charlotte Bronte wrote 'Jane Eyre' in 1847, 'Villette' in
1855, and 'Shirley' of 1849 is about the Luddite riots in Yorkshire. See
Early Victorian Fashion
Galsworthy published a series known as 'The Forsyte Saga'
spanning several generations of a wealthy upper-middle class family, from about
1880 to the 1920s.
Mrs. Gaskell wife of a Unitarian minister in Manchester,
describes the working conditions of the poor of the Industrial Revolution in
'Mary Barton' of 1848 from direct observation of her parishioners.
'North and South' of 1855 begins in the fashionable London
world, so offers a contrast.
Mrs. Gaskell is best known for 'Cranford', based on Knutsford
in Cheshire. In it she describes, with gentle humour, the lives of the genteel
poor, mainly ladies.
'Miss Mitford’s Our Village' is a charming, readable and quite
realistic picture of English village life in the 1820s, in the same quiet vein.
Thomas Hardy published his novels of rural life in fictional
Wessex (Dorset, Hampshire) between 1872 and 1897. They capture an English
countryside world just at the point of change.
'Under The Greenwood Tree' is a lighter book centering on
village life and the choir and matchmaking.
'Tess of the D’Urbervilles' has sociological interest in
addition to its tragic appeal.
In Sons and Lovers (1913) Lawrence gives a detailed picture,
closely following his own experience, of life in a Midland miner's household
from the 1880s to about 1910.
In 'The Virgin And The Gypsy' flapper dresses are sewn and
fitted. see
Flapper Fashion 1920s
In 'Vanity Fair' William Thackeray describes, satirically, the
fashionable world of the early C19th with a famous episode centering
on Waterloo. Dress is highlighted in the pre ball scenes.
Regency Fashion
Anthony Trollope was a prolific 19th century
novelist. The Barset novels are about the rather self-contained world of the
clergy in and around a cathedral town.' The Pallisers', concerns the fashionable
world. He also wrote 'The Eustace Diamonds'.
H. G. Wells wrote Kipps, Polly, Love and Mr. Lewisham. All are
readable accounts of the struggles of poor and rather inarticulate heroes with
mention of drapery featuring. See
Shopping in the Past
Biographies and autobiographies, particularly the letter, are valuable. Richard Church's Over the Bridge is a rich account of the struggles of a
lower middle class family in London from about 1890-1910.
Acknowledgement and special thanks to D. Willis who prepared some
original student activity notes on this topic.
By its very nature this information is constantly changing.
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