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November 1837. Demand was high for each episode to introduce some new element, whether it was a plot twist or a new character, so as to maintain the readers' interest. Dickens worked diligently and prolifically to produce the entertaining writing that the public
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became popular. Compiling folk tales by many authors with different topics made it possible for children to read literature about many topics which interested them. There were different types of books and magazines written for boys and girls. Girls' stories tended to be domestic and to focus on
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cemented her success in a male-dominated world where women writers often had to use masculine pseudonyms. Dickens employed humor and an approachable tone while addressing social problems such as wealth disparity. Hardy used his novels to question religion and social structures.
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Victorian novelist. With a focus on strong characterization, Dickens became extraordinarily popular in his day and remains one of the most popular and read authors of the world. Dickens began his literary career with
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Victorian England's most famous poets. With regard to the theatre it was not until the last decades of the 19th century that any significant works were produced. Notable playwrights of the time include
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of the early 20th century. However, Hopkins's poetry was not published until 1918. Arnold's works anticipate some of the themes of these later poets, while
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was also published in Victoria's reign. It was not until the last decades of the 19th century that any significant theatrical works were produced, beginning with
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which would eventually become the most important historical dictionary of the English language. Also published during the later Victorian era was the
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which was home to and is greatly associated with the Brontës)
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period and many writers straddle this divide. People such as
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1881:Victorian High Noon: English Literature in 1850
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1730:"Hardy, Thomas (1840–1928), novelist and poet"
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2095:Victorian Writers and Poets
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1052:Oxford English Dictionary
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1800:"Children's Literature"
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1064:Encyclopædia Britannica
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1239:Henry David Thoreau
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1181:Adam Lindsay Gordon
1161:Canadian literature
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971:Thomas Henry Huxley
782:George Bernard Shaw
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448:Wives and Daughters
288:The Pickwick Papers
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