by Sir Michael Glovsky

1. 19th Century Novels by Sir Michael Glovsky

2. What’s this gonna be?

3. What’s this gonna be? +

4. What’s this gonna be? (Short) and (Sweet) +

5. Two Major Genres

6. Two Major Genres • Romanticism

7. Two Major Genres • Romanticism • emotion over reason • Nature over man • importance of solitude • focus on the self • love of the unexplainable • mystical or spiritual element

8. Two Major Genres Victorianism

9. Two Major Genres Victorianism • morality • values/propriety • emphasis on humanity • more psychologically concerned than genres of the past • realism

10. Famous Works Romanticism Victorianism

11. Famous Works Romanticism • Moby Dick • The Scarlet Letter • Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym • Uncle Tom’s Cabin Victorianism

12. Famous Works Romanticism • Moby Dick • The Scarlet Letter • Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym • Uncle Tom’s Cabin Victorianism • Wuthering Heights • Dracula

13. The Problem with the Victorian Novel

14. The Problem with the Victorian Novel During this time, writing became much more common amongst non-writers. Domesticated women, who were mostly restricted to the home, seized upon this as a way to express themselves

15. The Problem with the Victorian Novel During this time, writing became much more common amongst non-writers. Domesticated women, who were mostly restricted to the home, seized upon this as a way to express themselves Unfortunately, this did not produce volumes of amazing Victorian novels, but rather an endless supply of very dull books that essentially followed the same formula

16. But Mr. Glovsky, which 19th century novel will we be looking at?

17. But Mr. Glovsky, which 19th century novel will we be looking at? …well class, it’s only the best one ever…

18. But Mr. Glovsky, which 19th century novel will we be looking at? …well class, it’s only the best one ever… Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter

19. Conclusion of the Novel Most of the spectators testified to having seen, on the breast of the unhappy minister, a scarlet letter—the very semblance of that worn by Hester Prynne—imprinted in the flesh. As regarded its origin there were various explanations, all of which must necessarily have been conjectural. Some affirmed that the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, on the very day when Hester Prynne first wore her ignominious badge, had begun a course of penance—which he afterwards, in so many futile methods, followed out—by inflicting a hideous torture on himself. Others contended that the stigma had not been produced until a long time subsequent, when old Roger Chillingworth, being a potent necromancer, had caused it to appear, through the agency of magic and poisonous drugs. Others, again and those best able to appreciate the minister's peculiar sensibility, and the wonderful operation of his spirit upon the body—whispered their belief, that the awful symbol was the effect of the ever-active tooth of remorse, gnawing from the inmost heart outwardly, and at last manifesting Heaven's dreadful judgment by the visible presence of the letter. The reader may choose among these theories. We have thrown all the light we could acquire upon the portent, and would gladly, now that it has done its office, erase its deep print out of our own brain, where long meditation has fixed it in very undesirable distinctness.

20. Conclusion of the Novel…things of interest Most of the spectators testified to having seen, on the breast of the unhappy minister, a scarlet letter—the very semblance of that worn by Hester Prynne—imprinted in the flesh. As regarded its origin there were various explanations, all of which must necessarily have been conjectural. Some affirmed that the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, on the very day when Hester Prynne first wore her ignominious badge, had begun a course of penance—which he afterwards, in so many futile methods, followed out—by inflicting a hideous torture on himself. Others contended that the stigma had not been produced until a long time subsequent, when old Roger Chillingworth, being a potent necromancer, had caused it to appear, through the agency of magic and poisonous drugs. Others, again and those best able to appreciate the minister's peculiar sensibility, and the wonderful operation of his spirit upon the body—whispered their belief, that the awful symbol was the effect of the ever-active tooth of remorse, gnawing from the inmost heart outwardly, and at last manifesting Heaven's dreadful judgment by the visible presence of the letter. The reader may choose among these theories. We have thrown all the light we could acquire upon the portent, and would gladly, now that it has done its office, erase its deep print out of our own brain, where long meditation has fixed it in very undesirable distinctness.

21. Conclusion of the Novel...sentence length Most of the spectators testified to having seen, on the breast of the unhappy minister, a scarlet letter—the very semblance of that worn by Hester Prynne—imprinted in the flesh. As regarded its origin there were various explanations, all of which must necessarily have been conjectural.Some affirmed that the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, on the very day when Hester Prynne first wore her ignominious badge, had begun a course of penance—which he afterwards, in so many futile methods, followed out—by inflicting a hideous torture on himself. Others contended that the stigma had not been produced until a long time subsequent, when old Roger Chillingworth, being a potent necromancer, had caused it to appear, through the agency of magic and poisonous drugs.Others, again and those best able to appreciate the minister's peculiar sensibility, and the wonderful operation of his spirit upon the body—whispered their belief, that the awful symbol was the effect of the ever-active tooth of remorse, gnawing from the inmost heart outwardly, and at last manifesting Heaven's dreadful judgment by the visible presence of the letter. The reader may choose among these theories. We have thrown all the light we could acquire upon the portent, and would gladly, now that it has done its office, erase its deep print out of our own brain, where long meditation has fixed it in very undesirable distinctness.

22. …and just for funsies

23. …and just for funsies