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
Listen to the poem

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
"Dover Beach" – Online text and comments
Engines of Our Ingenuity – Comments and a reading of the poem

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

Hopkins's biography at Encarta

C. Dickens: The Chimes

The Chimes at The Victorian Web
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

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
Deacon Brodie – The man whose story inspired Stevenson
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
From Dr. Moreau to Dr. Mengele: The Biological Sublime
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 Evil Scientist – PowerPoint presentation of Frankenstein, Jekyll, and Moreau as corrupt scientists

B. Stoker: Dracula

Dracula's Secretary – The resurfaced manuscript of Stoker's legendary novel
All Things Dracula – A scholarly site
The Dracula site – "Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own will!"
Dracula – SparkNotes

Updated November 7, 2007

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