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: Online Course: A Man’s World – Kings – The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling

What do Victorian novelists like Rudyard Kipling have to say about men as fathers, lovers, activists, wealth creators – and kings? In this new course led by Dr Sherry Ashworth, we will be looking at Elizabeth Gaskell’s John Barton in Mary Barton (father), John Thornton in North and South together with Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (lovers), George Eliot’s Felix Holt in Felix Holt, the Radical (activist and lover), Jabez Clegg in Isabella Banks’ A Manchester Man (wealth creator) and finally the heroes of The Man

: Online Course: A Man’s World – Wealth Creators – Jabez Clegg in Isabella Banks’ The Manchester Man

What do Victorian novelists have to say about men as fathers, lovers, activists, wealth creators – and kings? In this new course led by Dr Sherry Ashworth, we will be looking at Elizabeth Gaskell’s John Barton in Mary Barton (father), John Thornton in North and South together with Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (lovers), George Eliot’s Felix Holt in Felix Holt, the Radical (activist and lover), Jabez Clegg in Isabella Banks’ The Manchester Man (wealth creator)

: Online Course: A Man’s World – Activists – Felix Holt from George Eliot’s Felix Holt, the Radical

What do Victorian novelists have to say about men as fathers, lovers, activists, wealth creators – and kings? In this new course led by Dr Sherry Ashworth, we will be looking at Elizabeth Gaskell's John Barton in Mary Barton (father), John Thornton in North and South together with Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (lovers), George Eliot's Felix Holt in Felix Holt, the Radical (activist and lover), Jabez Clegg in Isabella Banks' A Manchester Man (wealth creator)

: Online Course: A Man’s World – Lovers – John Thornton and Mr Rochester

What do Victorian novelists have to say about men as fathers, lovers, activists, wealth creators – and kings? In this new course led by Dr Sherry Ashworth, we will start by looking at Elizabeth Gaskell’s John Barton in Mary Barton (father) and then move onto John Thornton in North and South together with Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (lovers). Then we will explore George Eliot’s Felix Holt in Felix Holt, the Radical (activist and lover), Jabez

: Online Course: A Man’s World – Fathers – John Barton from Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton

What do Victorian novelists have to say about men as fathers, lovers, activists, wealth creators and kings? In this new course led by Dr Sherry Ashworth, we will be looking at Elizabeth Gaskell's John Barton in Mary Barton (father), John Thornton in North and South together with Mr Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (lovers), George Eliot's Felix Holt in Felix Holt, the Radical (activist and lover), Jabez Clegg in Isabella Banks' A Manchester Man (wealth creator) and