Satire in an Age of Realism (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture)

"...One of the most thought-provoking books on the novel I have read in years... Satire in an Age of Realism challenges us in the way that major contributions to the field should: it takes risks, runs into difficulties, excites and chagrins us, and in the end convinces us that, much as we may disagree with the author, we are undoubtedly in the presence of an important new voice in our (forever fashion-prone) conversations about the novel."
-Novel: A Forum on Fiction

"...masterfully written...should be required reading for anyone working not only on the Fin de Si cle but also on nineteenth-century literature and the novel more generally... a tour de force."
-Victorian Studies