Again, her special subject is the Victorian industrial novel, yet she feels no need to understand the complexities of modern industry.

If they were in a Victorian novel they'd grind the faces of the poor.

Did they all join a book group devoted to Victorian novels?

The back story behind the rumor is straight out of a Victorian novel.

Heavens, she sounded like someone out of a bad Victorian novel.

It sounds like something out of a Victorian novel.

He enjoys reading Victorian novels, watching sport on television and listening to music.

I sound like the mother in a Victorian novel, she thought ruefully, but it seemed to work.

What woman outside a Victorian novel could care for an invalid?

It is one of the last significant Victorian novels to have been published in monthly parts.