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(Emily, 1818-1848) and
Jane Eyre
(Charlotte, 1816-1855), about the complex family and
love lives of England's rural gentry.
To the left of the Brontës is a youthful
Charles Dickens
(1812-1870). He was only
12 years old when his dad was sent to a debtor's prison, forcing young Charles to work
in a factory. The experience gave him a working-class perspective on British society. He
became phenomenally successful writing popular novels
(Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cit-
ies, A Christmas Carol)
for Britain's educated middle class.
To the right of the Brontës is
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(1809-1892), the poet laureate
of Victorian earnestness. (“Theirs not to reason why,/Theirs but to do and die;/Into the
Valley of Death/Rode the six hundred.”)
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Charles Darwin
(1809-1882), with basset-hound eyes and long white beard, looks tired
after a lifetime of reluctantly defending his controversial theory of evolution, which
