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Victorian Bestseller
When novelist Dinah Craik (1826–87) died, expressions of grief came from Lord Alfred Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Robert Browning, T.H. Huxley, and James Russell Lowell, among others, and even Queen Victoria picked up her pen to offer her consolation to the widower. Despite Craik’s enormous popularity throughout a literary career that spanned forty years, she is now all but forgotten. Yet, in an otherwise respectable life bookended by scandal, this was precisely the way that she wanted it. Victorian Bestseller is the first book to relate the story of Dinah Craik’s remarkable life. Combining extensive archival work with theoretical work in disability studies and the professionalization of ...
Dinah Mulock Craik
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A Noble Life
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A Life for a Life
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The Half-caste
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The Little Lame Prince
"The Little Lame Prince" by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik weaves a touching and inspiring tale of resilience and inner strength. Craik's storytelling introduces readers to the Little Lame Prince and his journey to discover his own worth and potential. This book is a timeless classic, offering a profound message of hope and determination that resonates with readers of all ages.
Olive
Crippled Olive Rothesay must not only win her parents' affection but also overcome their initial disgust at her physical 'imperfection', a curvature of the spine. Published three years after Jane Eyre, Olive's swift fictional response to Bronte's novel raises questions of family, race, and nation through the story of Olive's struggle to take her place in the world as artist and woman. This edition also includes 'The Half-Caste', a story that confronts questions of miscegenation and racial prejudice in Victorian Britain.
Twenty Years Ago
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