Victorians! discussion

From Lynne, Moderator In Memoriam:
"FYI--It has been customary in the Victorians to not re-read any book as a group read within 4 years. On that basis, the following books are not eligible to be chosen in this nomination. You may, however, nominate other books by any of these authors, as well as any books by any Victorian authors not listed here:

Ainsworth-
Blackmore-
Braddon- Lady Audley's Secret (2025)
Brontes- Villette (2022)
Browning: Aurora Lee (2022)
Burnett- Little Lord Fauntleroy (2026)
Butler-
Bulwer-Lytton:
Cholmondeley: Diana Tempest (2022)
Collins- The Moonstone (2022), The Woman in White (2025), The Dead Secret (2026)
Craik-
Dickens- Dombey and Son (2023), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2024), Barnaby Rudge (2024), Martin Chuzzlewit (2025)
Disraeli-
Doyle-
Eden-
Edwards- Selected stories from The Phantom Coach: Collected Ghost Stories (2024)
Eliot- Felix Holt: The Radical (2023)
Gaskell- Mary Barton (2023)
Gissing-
Gore (Catherine Francis)-
Hardy- The Hand of Ethelberta (2022) ; Desperate Remedies (2023)
Jewsbury- The Half Sisters (2022)
Kingsley-
Kipling-
LeFanu- In a Glass Darkly (2026)
MacDonald- short stories (2022); The Princess and the Goblin (2023); The Princess and Curdie (2024)
Marryat-
Marsh-
Meredith-
Moore-
Morrison-
Oliphant-
Reade-
Stevenson-
Stoker-
Thackeray-
Anthony Trollope- The Vicar of Bullhampton (2022); The Way We Live Now (2023); The Belton Estate (2024), Cousin Henry (2025)
Frances Trollope*(2)-
Ward-
Wells-
Wilde-
Wood-
Yonge-

*There are two Victorian writers named Frances Trollope. Both are related to Anthony Trollope; one was his mother, the other was his sister-in-law.

•Updated January 2025•