escoffe Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I have got addicted to Cathrine Cooksons novels as I'm sure many have,can anyone suggest novalists of a similar vain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueK Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hi there Wow Victorian fiction is such a big genre. I love Victorian fiction but mostly of the mystery type such as Sherlock Holmes, Rider Haggard, Lee Jackson's books etc. If you go to Amazon and click on Catherine Cookson - they often give recommendations of similar authors and you can see if any of those take your fancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumo Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 William Thackeray comes to mind - a slightly more satirical and middle class setting than Dickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escoffe Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hi there Wow Victorian fiction is such a big genre. I love Victorian fiction but mostly of the mystery type such as Sherlock Holmes, Rider Haggard, Lee Jackson's books etc. If you go to Amazon and click on Catherine Cookson - they often give recommendations of similar authors and you can see if any of those take your fancy. Thanks for that William Thackeray comes to mind - a slightly more satirical and middle class setting than Dickens. William Thackeray comes to mind - a slightly more satirical and middle class setting than Dickens. Thanks not heard of him but will give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I definitely agree with the suggestion of Thackeray. Vanity Fair is one of my all-time favorites! I also recommend Dickens, any of the Bronte sisters, Anthony Trollope, Louisa May Alcott, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, and Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LozzerzxD Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Oscar Wilde - the importance of being earnest and jekyll and hyde by robert louis stevenson are great if you're looking for something to do with victorian society and what is acceptable behaviour (still very relevant today) think I'm still in the mindset of analysing these from last year for english but I'll have to do it again because I failed (yay for me!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 To those already suggested, I'd add the following possibilities, all of whose books I've enjoyed: Elizabeth Gaskell George Eliot Thomas Hardy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Bram Stoker (Dracula!) Henry Rider Haggard Henry James (generally reckoned to be harder work than average though) Some also like Joseph Conrad and HG Wells. Although I never really got on with them., you might. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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