'... living and working in the early twenty-first century, a period where race and gender attract a great deal of focus, it is good to see a serious and scholarly approach taken to the issues of class and intellectual productivity.' English Studies '... the volume contains many contributions that will be of general interest to scholars working within Victorian studies. In particular, scholars interested in the interchange between middle-class respectability and working-class radicalism will find much of interest in the essays by Salmon, Rob Breton, Sambudha Sen, Alice Jenkins, and Ian Peddie, as well as Krishnamurthy's second contribution. The collection indicates, furthermore, a new phase in the study of working-class literature is underway.' Victorian Studies