By George Eliot A Brief Storyline of the Novel Dorothea Brooke is a bright, religious girl from a “good family.” Orphans, she and her sister Celia live with their unmarried uncle Mr. Brooke at Tipton Grange. So is Sir James Chettam, who arrives to dinner at Tipton with Rev. Edward…

By Aphra Behn Restoration Comedy Broadly Refers to English Comedies Written and Performed in the Restoration period from 1660 to 1710 Restoration Comedy broadly refers to English comedies written and performed in the Restoration period from 1660 to 1710. Comedy of manners is used as a synonym of Restoration Comedy.…

BRITISH POETRY The Age of Elizabeth   The death of Henry VIII in 1547 was followed by a period of acute political uncertainties over the question of succession. The young King Edward VI was the titular head of the state. His premature death in 1553 unleashed a phase which saw…