Class in Turn-of-the-Century Novels of Gissing James Hardy and Wells

<p>First published in 2005 this book argues that due to political and ideological shifts in the last decades of the nineteenth century a new depiction of social class was possible in the English novel. Late-century writers such as Gissing James Hardy and Wells question the middle-class Victorian views of class that had dominated the novel for decades through the disruption of traditional novelistic conventions. With reference to relevant maps journalism artwork photography and specific historical events this book contextualizes novels by these writers within their historical moment. In doing so it illuminates the relationship between fiction and history in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth century fiction.</p><p>This book will be of interest to those studying late nineteenth-century literature and history. </p>