Best victorian literary criticism books according to redditors
We found 10 Reddit comments discussing the best victorian literary criticism books. We ranked the 5 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 10 Reddit comments discussing the best victorian literary criticism books. We ranked the 5 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
The Difference Engine, written with William Gibson. I guess it possibly says something that my favorite book of Sterling's is one he co-authored. I tried Islands in the Net and Schismatrix, but neither of them really rang my bell.
As far as the story's structure goes, the protagonist remains the focus of the story no matter whether he turns from a good guy into a bad guy, or a bad guy into a good. An the antagonist is a character who seeks to prevent the protagonist from achieving his goal. So the antagonist can be good or bad as well. Protagonist doesn't mean hero and antagonist doesn't mean villain.
Try The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox.
https://www.amazon.com/Difference-Engine-William-Gibson/dp/0440423627
The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox is rather good pseudo-Victorian fiction. A little predictable, plot-wise, in some places, but the general ambience is very good.
A little girly but my favorite book of all time is Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I read it for the first time in the 7th grade but my mother got it for me before I was born. I guess she knew I would be a reader.
My favorite recently read would be The Meaning of Night. I'm not one for mysteries, I pretty much read exclusively Fantasy and Historical Fiction. But this book was recommended by a friend and at first was a little hard to get into but once I found my rhythm I finished it almost in a day.
Have you read "The Pearl" The Voluptuous Underground Magazine of Victorian England? It's a fascinating read, they sure were into cousins and spanking.
I'm not an ME, but these are some of my (more computery-ish) favorites that might have general engineering appeal:
The Difference Engine - proto-steampunk!
Gödel, Escher, Bach - essays on logicians' wet dreams.
Anathem - mathy and fantastic.
House of Leaves - you'll either love it or it will just piss you off...
Also, anything by Phillip K Dick or Kurt Vonnegut. And Feynman's (first) autobiography is definitely a must.
https://www.amazon.com/Difference-Engine-Novel-William-Gibson/dp/0440423627
If you're ok with getting her a book maybe try out one of my favourite authors.
Reserved For The Cat - Mercedes Lackey
or
Joust - Mercedes Lackey