Resources - Specific Authors and Texts

M. Shelley: Frankenstein

Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature
My Hideous Progeny: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Movie, Video, and Television Versions of Frankenstein
The Bakken's Frankenstein Exhibit
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) - A Summary of Modern Criticism

R. Browning: "My Last Duchess"

Robert Browning: An Overview - At the Victorian Web
"My Last Duchess" - Hyperlinked text
Painting of Alfonso d'Este by Dosso Dossi

M. Arnold: "Dover Beach"

The Victorian Web - Arnold's writing techniques, themes, biography
Literary Encyclopedia - Introduction to Arnold
"Dover Beach" - A recording of the poem, with help on stress scheme
"Dover Beach" - Online text and comments

G. M. Hopkins: "God's Grandeur"

Hopkins's biography at Encarta

C. Dickens: The Chimes

David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page - Synopsis of his novels, descriptions of characters from his major works, original illustrations, a timeline, and much more.
Down and Out in London - ExxonMobil Theatre Masterpiece Series
Dickens's Christmas Books - A look at A Christmas Carol and other "Christmas Books"

W. Thackeray: Vanity Fair

Reading Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" with the illustrations intact
Thackeray's Illustrations to Vanity Fair- At the Victorian Web
Such a Nice Girl, That Becky Sharp - The New York Times movie review
Becky Sharp Again Weaves Her Wily Web - Another review from the NYT

G. Eliot: The Mill on the Floss

The Mill at www.LitEncyc.com
The Mill as a political and social novel

M. Arnold: "The Study of Poetry"

Joseph Carroll's entry at The John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism

O. Wilde: "The Decay of Lying"

Wilde, Oscar - The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
Wilde - The Movie Site
Wilde at heart - BBC Entertainment

R. L. Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Robert Louis Stevenson Web Site - The best Web source for Stevenson material
Slinger of ink - Review of Harman's 2005 biography of Stevenson

O. Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Oscar Wilde Collection - Plays, poems, and tales.

H. G. Wells: The Island of Dr Moreau

Biography and Works
Eugenics: Its definition, scope, and aims
Human Descent - Galleries of hybrids
Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy - National Geographic News takes a look on human chimeras
The Island of Dr. Moreau - The Project Gutenberg full text and web version
The Island of Dr. Moreau - The Bartleby web version

The Mad Scientist - PowerPoint presentation of Frankenstein, Jekyll, and Moreau as evil scientists

B. Stoker: Dracula

Dracula 's Secretary - The resurfaced manuscript of Stoker's legendary novel
All Things Dracula - A scholarly site
The Dracula site - Vlad, vampires, and Bram Stoker; list of movies about/with vampires
Dracula - SparkNotes

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