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Collection: Victorian Voices: The Age of Imagination
Victorian Voices: The Age of Imagination — Classic British Literature of the 19th Century
A flagship series from Ispalbooks UK celebrating the era that shaped modern reading: the Victorian
and early Edwardian age. From the Brontë sisters and Dickens to Eliot, Hardy, Collins, Stevenson, Wilde and Wells,
these landmark works bring city and country, morality and desire, realism and wonder into vivid conversation—
presented in elegant editions with clear introductions that illuminate context, form and legacy.
Why read “Victorian Voices: The Age of Imagination”
Defining masterpieces: The novels, tales and essays that shaped English literature and continue to inspire film, TV and stage.
Timeless concerns: Class, work, family, faith, love, crime, science, industry and the city—questions that still frame our lives.
Edition you can trust: Carefully introduced, elegantly laid out and designed for clarity, flow and sustained reading comfort.
This is the century of big social vision and unforgettable characters—Jane Eyre and Dorothea Brooke, Pip and
Tess, Dorian Gray and Dr Jekyll—voices that continue to speak directly to how we live, hope and change.
Themes & Editorial Focus
The City, Industry & Reform
Factories, fortunes and the press: literature grappling with new work, new wealth and new inequalities.
Social justice and the “condition of England” novel
Class, labour, philanthropy and education
The newspaper age and the public sphere
Gothic, Sensation & the Uncanny
Mystery, doubles and secret lives—psychological depth and page-turning intrigue.
Sensation fiction and legal/moral suspense
Gothic revivals and fin-de-siècle anxieties
Desire, reputation and the self
Innovation & the Birth of Genre
From realist experiment to scientific romance—new ways to imagine time, space and society.
Serial storytelling and the modern novel
Adventure and exploration narratives
Early science fiction and social prophecy
Featured Titles (selection)
A representative selection from the series:
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – Anne Brontë
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
Bleak House – Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Silas Marner – George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss – George Eliot
Tess of the d’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
Readers of classic literature who want durable, elegant editions for long reading and re-reading.
Students & book clubs seeking dependable introductions and a stable reading experience.
Writers & thinkers tracing the rise of realism, sensation, Gothic and early science fiction.
FAQs
What makes these editions different?
A careful editorial approach: concise introductions, refined layouts and page design that prioritises readability—ideal
for study, teaching and quiet enjoyment.
Where should I start?
For social vision, begin with Dickens’s Great Expectations. For voice and passion, Charlotte Brontë’s
Jane Eyre. For society and ethics, George Eliot’s Middlemarch. For sensation, Wilkie Collins’s
The Woman in White. For moral tragedy, Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles. For scientific romance,
H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine.
Where can I buy them?
All titles are available via our central store: shop.peyrusse.es.
