Stick with it and there’s a high dose of drama, too, in the shape of cannibals and mutineers. This is a shrewd and sparkling comedy about the choices on offer to well-to-do young Englishwomen of the early 19th century. All the meatiest questions about humanity and the limits of technological progress are asked in this, the first science- fiction novel. Great Expectations by Charles DickensCrime And Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyGreat Expectations by Charles DickensWhile the heyday of Victorian serialisation meant that Dickens wrote any number of great novels perfect for whiling away these quarantined days, many of them (whisper it) do carry a fair bit of timber. Middlemarch by George EliotWidely regarded as the finest English novel ever written, this rich social tapestry unfolds in the Midlands in the early 19th century.

Source: Daily Mail April 02, 2020 00:58 UTC