![]() ![]() But think, for example, of D H Lawrence reading as a young man in provincial Eastwood in Nottinghamshire. I tend to be wary of these titles and periods, because I think of reading as a sort of time travel. What are the advantages of realism over these later movements? If we think about later literary movements, we might think of naturalism and modernism. The only person who can touch her as a novelist, in my estimation, is Tolstoy. But she is in a different league to them. ![]() But if we’re talking about the English context, then I suppose Elizabeth Gaskell, Anthony Trollope and Anne Brontë. ![]() ![]() If you were to place her in a literary context, which other realist writers would you put her alongside?Ībove all, Leo Tolstoy. The aim of the great Victorian novel was to include as richly as possible that diverse and difficult territory. If you want to read literature that sets out to create a holding ground for raw human material-for human struggles, difficulties, and celebrations-then you should read George Eliot. Victorian realism is extraordinarily powerful, in ways that are not fully recognised, and George Eliot is the great representative of Victorian realism in ‘all ordinary human life’. Initially, I think it’s a mistake to think that the most relevant literature is the most recent literature. You have written about the continuing importance of reading Victorian fiction. Foreign Policy & International Relations. ![]()
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