Miriam Lawrence's evocative memoir describing the exciting voyage she made in 1848-50, aged 20, on a wooden three mast sailing ship, captained by her husband, t

This book presents intimate, engaging, and largely untold portraits of Western lives and livelihoods in Japanese and Chinese treaty ports, as well as in the Bri

This inspiring survey challenges conventional ways of viewing the Victorian novel. Provides time maps and overviews of historical and social contexts. Considers

This field-defining book offers an interpretation of the recent figurations of neo-Victorianism published over the last ten years. Using a range of critical and