Who is your favorite Victorian novelist?

[KittyWampus]

Provided you've read more than one or two.

Mine would be Anna Karenina, although Tolstoy is considered the bridge to modern literature he put Victorian life and its hypocrisies in a seamlessly written and timeless vehicle.

I like that he exposes the double standard between what is acceptable for men and women.

Last night, PBS had Tess of the d'Urbervilles on. Such a sad story that also points to the double standards between men/women.

For pure joy in reading brilliant writing there is Oscar Wilde and the Picture of Dorian Gray.

Does anyone read this stuff anymore?

[Lavender Brown]

1. Elizabeth Gaskell

I've loved her novels for years.

[fishwax]

6. I like Gaskell too

not sure if I can pick a definitive favorite, but hers is the first name that popped into my head.

[Greyskye]

2. "Anonymous"

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[Ivan Sputnik]

3. Wilkie Collins

I love "The Woman in White" and "The Moonstone" -- highly entertaining Victorian page-turners.

[DeepBlueC]

4. Thackeray, without a doubt

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Twain

by far

[KittyWampus]

9. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was perhaps one of the first Science Fiction novels

:)

[crispini]

7. Trollope

I'm a big fan. :)

[KittyWampus]

8. I read the Eustace Diamonds when I was a teenager. Lizzie was a hoot.

[BlueIris]

10. Dickens, all the way.

"Bleak House" is a masterpiece.

[KittyWampus]

11. I was going to say, at least Dickens usually gives us a happy ending. But Bleak House

is aptly titled.