THE VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATURE

by G. K. Chesterton

Copyright 1913, Henry Holt and Company.

CONTENTS

Introduction I. The Victorian Compromise and its Enemies II. The Great Victorian Novelists III. The Great Victorian Poets IV. The Break-Up of the Compromise

EDITOR'S NOTE

The Editors wish to explain that this book is not put forward as an authoritative history of Victorian literature. It is a free and personal statement of views and impressions about the significance of Victorian literature made by Mr. Chesterton at the Editors' express invitation.