This book is a study of the development of the Victorian short
story, which by the 1890s and the appearance of the Sherlock Holmes
stories, had become the most popular literary product of the late
nineteenth century. The book examines the work of nine
distinguished writers: William Carleton and Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
serve to illustrate the change from a largely oral tradition to a
more sophisticated understanding of the nature of the reading
public. Charles Dickens and Anthony Trollope exemplify significant
changes in the relationship between an author and his audience.
Thomas Hardy insisted on older, more traditional modes of
narrative, but his storytelling sense had been sharpened by
experiences with many editors of periodicals who believed they were
serving the 'modern' public. The other writers treated at length
are Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad and H.
G. Wells.
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