A newly discovered novel and its transnational author: Maria Severn by Francisca Wood by Pazos Alonso, C

“…Using as source text what appears to be the only surviving copy of Maria Severn in book form — recently discovered in the British Library — I examine the role of Wood as cultural mediator and suggest that the incontrovertible originality of her novel may stem from her creative assimilation of Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot.…”

Iron times and golden ages: nostalgia and the Mid-Victorian historical novel by Cassidy, CM

“…Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot are the primary focus of this study. …”