Mobility in the Victorian Novel explores mobility in Victorian novels by authors including Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontė, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot and Mary Elizabeth Braddon. With focus on representations of bodies on the move, it reveals how journeys create the place of the nation within a changing global landscape.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Journeying Victorian Britain 1. 'Wandering out into the World': Walking the Connected Nation 2. 'Flying from the grasp': Embodying the Railway Journey 3. 'It's all one'? Continental Connections 4. 'The distance is quite imaginary': Travelling beyond Europe Conclusion: The Mobile Nation of The Moonstone Bibliography Index
