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Originally Posted by HarryT
If you want an example of a REALLY good Victorian novel, try "King Solomon's Mines" by Sir Henry Rider Haggard. One of the best adventure stories ever written, to my mind.
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I heartily second this. I had something of the same prejudice about Victorian novels [mostly unfounded] but I really enjoyed this. Enough so that I read every Alan Quartermain book I could find. He's the main character, by the way. I highly recommend it
Bergette