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: Reading The Nineteenth-Century Online: Esther Waters

Join Sherry Ashworth for the last in our perennially popular reading course - now online - to explore depictions of motherhood in the nineteenth-century novel. In this session we'll be exploring George Moore's Esther Waters. Grab your book and hunker down for some absorbing spring-time reading, and then join the session for a fun and informative closer look at the text and the context of the novel. The course is suitable for the general reader who wants to

: Reading The Nineteenth-Century Online: Hester

Join Sherry Ashworth for the latest in our perennially popular reading course - now online - to explore depictions of motherhood in the nineteenth-century novel. In this session we'll be exploring Margaret Oliphant's Hester. Grab your book and hunker down for some spring-time reading, and then join the session for a fun and informative closer look at the text and the context the novel. Readers will be encouraged to discuss the books during the Zoom sessions, under Sherry's

: Reading the Nineteenth-Century Online: Bleak House

Join Sherry Ashworth for the latest in our perennially popular reading course - now online - to explore depictions of motherhood in the nineteenth-century novel. How was the mother seen in Victorian times? Was she a domestic angel, designed for this sacred role? What about the 'fallen woman' as mother? To answer these questions and more, we'll be reading a range of classic texts that shine a spotlight on motherhood in Victorian Britain. Our third session will explore

: Reading The Nineteenth-Century Online: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Join Sherry Ashworth for the latest in our perennially popular reading course - now online - to explore depictions of motherhood in the nineteenth-century novel. How was the mother seen in Victorian times? Was she a domestic angel, designed for this sacred role? What about the 'fallen woman' as mother? To answer these questions and more, we'll be reading a range of classic texts that shine a spotlight on motherhood in Victorian Britain. Our second session will explore

: Reading The Nineteenth Century Online: Wives and Daughters

It's back! Our sell-out reading course is now going online! Join Sherry Ashworth in our perennially popular reading course, to explore depictions of motherhood in the nineteenth-century novel. How was the mother seen in Victorian times? Was she a domestic angel, designed for this sacred role? What about the 'fallen woman' as mother? To answer these questions and more, we'll be reading a range of classic texts that shine a spotlight on motherhood in Victorian Britain: Elizabeth Gaskell's