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David Skilton Books in Order

David Skilton is an English literary scholar and emeritus professor at Cardiff University. His research focuses on nineteenth-century English fiction, especially Anthony Trollope, Victorian literary culture, literary illustration, and the representation of London. He was general editor of the Trollope Society's collected novels and has authored major studies of Victorian fiction while editing numerous nineteenth-century novels and scholarly collections.

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Anthony Trollope and His Contemporaries: A Study in the Theory and Conventions of Mid-Victorian Fiction

Skilton's foundational monograph and a central study of Victorian fiction.

The English Novel: Defoe to the Victorians

A broad historical overview of the English novel and a clear introduction to his critical approach.

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Critical Approach Series

A scholarly series of critical studies of major literary periods and genres.

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    The Early and Mid-Victorian Novel

    Book 1 · edited_collection · 1993

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Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities

An Edinburgh University Press series of scholarly companions to literary and cultural subjects.

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    The Edinburgh Companion to Anthony Trollope

    Book 1 · edited_collection · 2018

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Edited works (17)
  1. Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman

    edited_edition · 1978

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  2. Doctor Thorne

    edited_edition · 1980

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  3. Esther Waters

    edited_edition · 1983

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  4. Framley Parsonage

    edited_edition · 1984

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    Orley Farm

    edited_edition · 1985

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  6. The Claverings

    edited_edition · 1986

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  7. Reform and Intellectual Debate in Victorian England

    edited_collection · 1987

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  8. Lady Audley's Secret

    edited_edition · 1987

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  9. The Belton Estate

    edited_edition · 1991

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  10. The Last Chronicle of Barset

    edited_edition · 1993

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  11. He Knew He Was Right

    edited_edition · 1993

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    The Fixed Period

    edited_edition · 1993

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  13. The Golden Lion of Granpère

    edited_edition · 1993

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    The Prime Minister

    edited_edition · 1994

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  15. An Autobiography

    edited_edition · 1996

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  16. The Law and the Lady

    edited_edition · 1998

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  17. The Small House at Allington

    edited_edition · 1999

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Other (2)
  1. Anthony Trollope and His Contemporaries: A Study in the Theory and Conventions of Mid-Victorian Fiction

    monograph · 1972

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  2. The English Novel: Defoe to the Victorians

    monograph · 1977

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