Traces the transformation of the English language through the nineteenth-century economic and cultural landscape.

The nineetenth century was a period of striking developments, and subject to a great pressure of change. This process of change is the primary focus of the book

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Ninetee

This book surveys the features of nineteenth-century English and provides over 100 sample texts and numerous exercises.

Through analysis of eight English novels of the Nineteenth century, this work explores the ways in which the novel contributes to the formation of ideology rega