But Arthur Boyd Houghton, a less well-known illustrator, produced the most compelling and atmospheric images — masterpieces of Victorian book illustration. Although his pictures have an ...

It’s curious how much of literature we are conditioned to consider unliterary. Few would contest the canonization of “Bleak House,” “Vanity Fair,” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ...

So it’s no wonder we’ve gotten so many fantastic Victorian romances in recent years, like the books and series that ... He’ll do her illustrations if she’ll accompany him on a bike race ...

Fowler, born in Cohocton, N.Y., in 1809, published a book in 1848 arguing that all ... Armour-Stiner House in Irvington, N.Y.Credit...Illustrations by Joseph Pell Lombardi & Associates His ...

Books from the Victorian era, such as cloth-bound hardcovers, Christmas annuals, and serialized novels can be found at the exhibition. The curator of the exhibit, Rebecca Baumann, said before the 19th ...

Down in the Hole takes the form of a collection of essays and illustrations penned by DeLyria and Robinson posing as present-day Victorian scholars who discovered a forgotten book called The Wire ...

(Courtesy New York Review Books) From his infamous “The Gashlycrumb ... Edward “Ted” Gorey’s intricately detailed, ersatz-Victorian illustrations have for more than a half-century ...

“Martineau was extremely unusual in the amount of control she had over her own medical care,” says Rachel Ablow, author of the 2017 book Victorian Pain. Photo illustration by Meilan Solly ...