Victorian Short Stories

A British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. ([Source][1]) [1]: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Elizabeth_Gaskell

Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet of the naturalist movement, although in several poems he displays elements of the previous romantic and enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural. While he regarded himself primarily as a poet who composed novels mainly for financial gain, during his lifetime he was much better known for his novels, such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd, which earned him a reputation as a grea...

This record is hopelessly confused. The death year of 1914 was added after the record was created, but most of the works are from the author who d. 1933, so I've removed it and mark this as conflated. Works for George Moore 1852-1933 should be moved to that main record with other works being moved to the appropriate individual author records. This should be deleted when empty.

A novelist and historian who lived largely in London. Brother-in-law to Annie Wood Besant.

Henry James, was an American writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James