Introduction: the arc of the Victorian illustrated book -- The Pickwick Papers and the rise of the serial -- Caricature: a theatrical development -- Realism, Victorian material culture, and the enduring caricature tradition -- Caricature and realism: fin-de-siecle developments of the Victorian illustrated book -- Conclusion: the Victorian graphic classics: heir of the Victorian illustrated book
Summary
This work explores how the aesthetics of the illustrated Victorian novel have evolved from caricatures to realism across the long nineteenth century