1. This easy to use handbook offers over 1000 biographical entries and more than 600 novel synopses, plus a wealth of background material on the publishers, reviewers and readers of the age./2. It will be the fullest account of this period's fiction everattempted./3. Accessible and informative it will be both enjoyable for anyone interested in Victorian literature and an essential reference work for any study of the period./4. The entries are listed alphabetically.