This volume captures the sparkling diversity of writings produced during the period 1830-1867 and supports the current revival of interest in Victorian studies with extensive information for students and researchers. The writers covered stood at the center of the Victorian experience, and they explored many spheres during these four decades of rapid progress in industry and communications. To help place each writers achievements in a broader context, the volume includes a selected bibliography for further reading in the field. Plus, entries are brought to life through extensive illustrations and reproductions of historical prints.

28 entries include: Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, Harriet Martineau, John Stuart Mill, John Henry Newman, John Ruskin, William Makepeace Thackeray and Victoria.