painting of a family "In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it."
—John Ruskin, from Pre-Raphaelitism

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Table of Contents

PART 1: RELATIONSHIPS
Comparing Literary Works
Alfred, Lord Tennyson from In Memoriam, A.H.H. Poem 818
The Lady of Shalott Poem 821
from The Princess: Tears, Idle Tears Poem 827
Ulysses Poem 828
Comparing Literary Works
Robert Browning My Last Duchess Poem 836
Life in a Love Poem 839
Love Among the Ruins Poem 840
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonnet 43 Poem 844


PART 2: FOCUS ON LITERARY FORMS: THE NOVEL
Comparing Literary Works
Charles Dickens from Hard Times Fiction 858
Charlotte Brontë from Jane Eyre Fiction 865


PART 3: THE EMPIRE AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Comparing Literary Works
Matthew Arnold Dover Beach Poem 884
Rudyard Kipling Recessional Poem 886
The Widow at Windsor Poem 889
Comparing Literary Works
The Illustrated London News Condition of Ireland Nonfiction 896
Sydney Smith Progress in Personal Comfort Nonfiction 900


PART 4: GLOOM AND GLORY
Comparing Literary Works
Emily Brontë Remembrance Poem 918
Thomas Hardy The Darkling Thrush Poem 921
"Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?" Poem 923
Comparing Literary Works
Gerard Manley Hopkins God's Grandeur Poem 930
Spring and Fall: To a Young Child Poem 932
A. E. Housman To an Athlete Dying Young Poem 933
When I Was One-and-Twenty Poem 934