# Satire in the Victorian novel

Author: Russell, Frances Theresa, 1873-1936

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67581

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Satire+in+the+Victorian+novel+Russell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Various interpretations because of various manifestations. Chief constituents, criticism and humor. Relation of these in the formula. Testimony of satirists as to the presence of humor, criticism being taken for granted. The satiric motive; temperamental cause and ethical intent. Testimony as to both. Symposium on the discrepancy between prospectus and performance. The realizable ideal. Objects: empiric data on vice, folly, and deception. Reason for universal criticism and ridicule of deception. Criteria of good satire. Difficulties, limitations, and real function 1

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/satire-in-the-victorian-novel-67581/chapters/16/index.md)