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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Mark Twain, the Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
A critique of a realistic novel of the Gilded Age entitled "The Gilded Age." "The title is a masterly epigraph on the flushed, corrupt period of the Reconstruction."
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Stanford University

Stanford University: Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls

For Students 9th - 10th
A Stanford University site about popular literature during the Gilded Age.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics&victorians Popular Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
From circuses and 'freak shows' to broadsides and novels, from pleasure gardens and music halls to chapbooks and penny dreadfuls, Georgian and Victorian Britain offered the public a rich range of affordable entertainments. Read more...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics & Victorians Reading and Print

For Students 9th - 10th
How did rising literacy rates, libraries, and new technologies influence literature and reading habits during the Romantic and Victorian periods? These resources answer this question.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Crime

For Students 9th - 10th
These articles research the following questions related to the Victorian Age: Why was crime such a popular subject in 19th-century fiction? How did literature balance fear, social commentary, and entertainment? How were gruesome murders...