This bundle brings together 29 prominent works examining and exploring areas of 19^th literature. The collection includes volumes on Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Brontës, Tolstoy and Joseph Conrad, as well as a critical look at key issues during this time, including Darwinism, orientalism, 19^th century Romanticism, and scientific advancement during the period. The collection focuses on a variety of regions including Victorian England, Russia and the US, and explores the literary styles of the period from the provincial and comedic novel to new explorations of the psyche in the literature, as well as the industrial, technological and scientific advancements of the period. This comprehensive collection provides an essential and complete look at literature during the nineteenth century, and will be a useful and fascinating collection for any students of literature and history in particular those studying the Victorian period.