English Fiction from the Fifth to the Twentieth Century

admirable adventures ancient Anglo-Saxon Arthur battle beautiful become Beowulf British Cædmon castle characters Charlemagne Charles Charles Dickens charm Chaucer Christian Cynewulf death declared deeds Defoe descriptions Dickens doubtless earth eighteenth century Elizabeth Gaskell England English fiction Euphues Euphuism fame famous French gained Gawain genius George Eliot Harrowing of Hell heart heaven hero Hrothgar human humor Hygelac ideal Jane Austen king knight lady land Layamon legend literary lived London Lord lover married master mighty mingling minstrel modern moral narrative nature ness never Norman novel novelists passion plot poem popular possessed prose readers realistic Richardson romance Saxon scenes Scott Scyld seems sentiment sing social song soul spirit Stopford Brooke story story-telling strong tale tell Thackeray theme things thou tion Tom Jones touch traits true truth Vanity Fair vivid warriors Widsith woman women wonder writers wrote young