Mobility in the Victorian Novel

Charlotte Mathieson is Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick, UK, where she was awarded her PhD from the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies in 2011. She researches and teaches nineteenth-century literature, and publications include Gender and Space in Rural Britain, 1840-1920 (2014).

• 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

“Mobility in the Victorian Novel is an impressive contribution that breaks new ground. Those interested in mid-century tourism and travel, national identity and mobility will find it especially rewarding. I also highly recommend it for its thoughtfulness and rigor in textual interpretation, virtues that will surely make it valuable in teaching.” (John Edmondson, Dickens Quarterly, Vol. 34 (1), March, 2017)“Mathieson goes on to examine Victorian fiction’s portrayal of England’s relations with the outer world–through European identity and through empire. … Mathieson’s book … is informative and helpful. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates; researchers/faculty.” (N. Birns, Choice, Vol. 53 (8), April, 2016)