The narratives of the Victorian writers are infused with detailed expositions of living, felt pic-tures; it was inevitable given the expectations of their audience. Furthermore, writers-cum-critics such as Henry lames testify to the difficulty of…
Hardy was both surprised and offended by the comparisons made between Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) and the novels of George Eliot; indeed, several critics went so far as to ascribe this new work to the acknowledged master in a complimentary…
