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Victorian Literature

by Clement Shorter

Victorian Literature by Clement Shorter is a brief work that gives a good introduction to many of the important writers, historians, and critics of the Victorian era. Presented as a "gathering up (of) a few impressions of pleasant reading hours", this little book is sure to delight any one with an interest in this most fascinating of literary periods.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1897

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Clement Shorter

United Kingdom

Clement King Shorter was a British journalist and literary critic. Clement Shorter was born on 19 July 1857 at Southwark, in London, the youngest of three boys. The son of Richard and Elizabeth (n&ea...

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