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form/historical_novel
16 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
Uncle Bernac
graph/work
concept/alienation
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
concept/exile
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/empire_and_imperialism
motif/journey
motif/sea
motif/storm
motif/letters_and_writing
histref/napoleon
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/french_revolution
setting/france
setting/ship
character/napoleon_bonaparte
archetype/hero
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
The White Company
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
form/adventure_fiction
concept/honour
concept/masculinity_and_the_male_code
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/maturation_and_growth
motif/journey
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/inn_tavern
histref/medieval_england
setting/france
setting/spain
setting/rural_england
setting/castle
archetype/hero
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/mentor
topos/quest
topos/open_road_homecoming
Jul 24, 2026
The Refugees
graph/work
concept/alienation
setting/europe
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
form/adventure_fiction
concept/religious_persecution
concept/exile
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/honour
motif/journey
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/letters_and_writing
setting/france
setting/court
setting/american_frontier
setting/canada
character/amory_de_catinat
character/adele_catinat
character/amos_green
character/louis_xiv
archetype/king
archetype/hero
archetype/outsider
topos/open_road_homecoming
Jul 24, 2026
The Last Galley
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
form/historical_novel
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
motif/ship
motif/sea
motif/fire
motif/blood
motif/time
histref/ancient_rome
histref/roman_history
histref/carthage
histref/christianity
setting/ancient_rome
setting/africa
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/avenger
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/fortunes_wheel
Jul 24, 2026
The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
form/historical_novel
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/freedom_and_liberty
motif/ship
motif/sea
motif/fire
motif/blood
motif/time
histref/roman_history
histref/ancient_rome
histref/british_empire
setting/ancient_rome
archetype/hero
archetype/tyrant
archetype/outsider
archetype/martyr_saint
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/fortunes_wheel
Jul 24, 2026
The Great Shadow
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
form/adventure_fiction
form/bildungsroman
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/romantic_love
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/courage
concept/fate_and_free_will
motif/sea
motif/ship
motif/fire
motif/storm
motif/journey
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/french_revolution
setting/scotland_the_highlands
setting/battlefield
setting/ship
character/napoleon_bonaparte
character/wellington
character/sir_walter_scott
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/hero
archetype/lover
Jul 24, 2026
The Girondin
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/historical_novel
form/novel
concept/popular_revolution
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/class_conflict
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/fanaticism
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/river
motif/swords_and_weapons
histref/french_revolution
setting/france
setting/paris
archetype/rebel
topos/combat_strife
Jul 24, 2026
Sir Nigel
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
form/medieval_romance
concept/honour
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/class_conflict
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/horse
motif/journey
motif/great_house
motif/swords_and_weapons
histref/medieval_england
histref/hundred_years_war
histref/catholic_church
setting/rural_england
setting/continental_europe_brussels
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/hero
archetype/mentor
topos/quest
topos/journey_of_life
Jul 24, 2026
Shirley
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/bronte
form/novel
form/social_novel
form/historical_novel
concept/class_conflict
concept/social_injustice
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/reform
concept/poverty
concept/love_romantic
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/identity
concept/faith
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/the_common_man
archetype/self_made_man
archetype/rebel
motif/money_gold
motif/swords_weapons
setting/rural_england
setting/industrial_city
histref/the_industrial_revolution
histref/napoleonic_wars
histref/christianity
character/shirley_keeldar
character/caroline_helstone
character/robert_moore
character/louis_moore
character/mr_helstone
character/mrs_pryor
Jul 24, 2026
Robert Louis Stevenson
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/joy
concept/imagination
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/faith
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/heroism
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/disillusionment
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/the_double
motif/childhood
motif/nightingale
motif/the_journey
histref/christianity
histref/puritanism
setting/scotland
archetype/double_doppelganger
character/long_john_silver
character/jim_hawkins
character/alan_breck_stewart
character/david_balfour
character/jekyll_and_hyde
character/james_durie_master_of_ballantrae
character/henry_durie
character/ephraim_mackellar
character/weir_of_hermiston
character/attwater
character/huish
character/loudon_dodd
character/prince_florizel_of_bohemia
character/skelt
concept/courage
concept/conscience
concept/creativity_and_artistic_labor
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/nostalgia
concept/vanity
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/mortality
concept/identity
concept/optimism_and_pessimism
topos/quest
topos/golden_age
topos/open_road_homecoming
motif/light_and_dark
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/disease_and_contagion
motif/toy_theatre
setting/paris
setting/america
setting/london
setting/edinburgh
setting/south_seas_pacific_islands
archetype/child
archetype/shadow
archetype/artist
archetype/quest_hero
form/essay
form/gothic_novel
form/historical_novel
form/detective_fiction
histref/aestheticism_and_the_decadent_movement
Jul 24, 2026
Rodney Stone
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
form/bildungsroman
form/fictional_autobiography
concept/masculinity_and_the_male_code
concept/honour
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/courage
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/class_conflict
motif/ghosts
motif/house_mansion
motif/journey
motif/money_and_gold
histref/regency_georgian_england
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/nelson
setting/london
setting/rural_england
character/nelson
archetype/hero
archetype/mentor
archetype/ghost
topos/journey_of_life
Jul 24, 2026
Micah Clarke
graph/work
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
form/bildungsroman
form/fictional_autobiography
concept/religious_sectarianism
concept/fanaticism
concept/tolerance
concept/maturation_and_growth
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/empire_and_imperialism
motif/journey
motif/prayer
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/house_mansion
histref/english_civil_war
histref/puritanism
histref/oliver_cromwell
histref/reformation
setting/rural_england
setting/battlefield
character/oliver_cromwell
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/mentor
archetype/fanatic
topos/journey_of_life
Jul 24, 2026
Charles Dickens (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/biography
concept/imagination
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/the_common_man
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
concept/poverty
character/wilkins_micawber
character/william_dorrit
character/samuel_pickwick
character/sam_weller
character/nathaniel_winkle
character/oliver_twist
character/mr_bumble
character/ralph_nickleby
character/vincent_crummles
character/barnaby_rudge
character/dick_swiveller
character/sampson_brass
character/little_nell
character/marchioness
character/martin_chuzzlewit
character/seth_pecksniff
character/sairey_gamp
character/nicodemus_boffin
character/paul_dombey
character/david_copperfield
character/james_steerforth
character/dora_spenlow
character/richard_carstone
character/mrs_jellyby
character/thomas_gradgrind
character/mr_merdle
character/edwin_drood
character/john_dickens
character/catherine_dickens
character/mr_chadband
concept/satire_of_society
concept/reform
concept/imprisonment
concept/greed_and_money
concept/democracy
concept/grotesque
concept/exaggeration
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/prison
motif/home
setting/america
setting/italy
setting/rural_england
archetype/fool
archetype/self_made_man
form/sketch
form/christmas_story_novella
form/detective_fiction
form/historical_novel
form/bildungsroman
form/social_novel_novel_of_manners
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
Jul 24, 2026
Barnaby Rudge
graph/work
concept/history
author/dickens
form/novel
form/historical_novel
form/social_novel
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/social_injustice
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/madness
concept/guilt
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/fanaticism
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/innocent
archetype/fool
archetype/rebel
archetype/ghost
motif/fire
motif/blood
motif/the_inn_tavern
motif/animals
motif/the_city
motif/madness
histref/christianity
histref/catholic_church
setting/london
setting/an_inn
character/barnaby_rudge
character/grip
character/gabriel_varden
character/dolly_varden
character/simon_tappertit
character/edward_chester
character/john_chester
character/geoffrey_haredale
character/emma_haredale
character/lord_george_gordon
character/hugh
Jul 24, 2026
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/essay
concept/the_common_man
concept/social_injustice
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/reform
concept/satire_of_society
histref/the_french_revolution
histref/victorian_england
motif/the_city
character/sam_weller
character/samuel_pickwick
character/nathaniel_winkle
character/augustus_snodgrass
character/tracy_tupman
character/tony_weller
character/nicholas_nickleby
character/wackford_squeers
character/madeline_bray
character/vincent_crummles
character/oliver_twist
character/bill_sikes
character/nancy
character/mr_bumble
character/fagin
character/little_nell
character/dick_swiveller
character/marchioness
character/daniel_quilp
character/sally_brass
character/sampson_brass
character/kit_nubbles
character/simon_tappertit
character/sir_john_chester
character/barnaby_rudge
character/grip_the_raven
character/seth_pecksniff
character/sairey_gamp
character/martin_chuzzlewit
character/old_martin_chuzzlewit
character/jonas_chuzzlewit
character/ebenezer_scrooge
character/captain_cuttle
character/florence_dombey
character/paul_dombey
character/edith_granger
character/david_copperfield
character/wilkins_micawber
character/betsey_trotwood
character/clara_peggotty
character/dora_spenlow
character/agnes_wickfield
character/james_steerforth
character/little_emily
character/krook
character/jo_the_crossing_sweeper
character/richard_carstone
character/harold_skimpole
character/mrs_jellyby
character/sir_leicester_dedlock
character/josiah_bounderby
character/thomas_gradgrind
character/stephen_blackpool
character/william_dorrit
character/amy_dorrit
character/arthur_clennam
character/mrs_clennam
character/sydney_carton
character/pip
character/joe_gargery
character/mrs_joe_gargery
character/silas_wegg
character/nicodemus_boffin
character/bradley_headstone
character/john_jasper
character/john_harmon
character/lizzie_hexam
character/aaron
character/ralph_nickleby
character/smike
character/cheeryble_brothers
character/monks
character/bella_wilfer
character/mr_venus
character/john_jarndyce
character/ada_clare
character/esther_summerson
character/durdles
character/helena_landless
character/neville_landless
character/rosa_bud
character/mr_grewgious
character/mr_crisparkle
character/trotty_veck
character/alfred_jingle
character/mrs_bardell
character/mr_podsnap
character/mr_veneering
character/mr_lammle
character/mr_fledgeby
character/toots
character/major_bagstock
character/cousin_feenix
character/mrs_nickleby
character/mrs_skewton
character/caddy_jellyby
character/trabb_s_boy
character/mrs_lirriper
concept/grotesque
concept/poverty
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/imprisonment
concept/democracy
concept/charity
concept/hope
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/education
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/hypocrisy
concept/sentimentality
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/prison
motif/christmas
setting/london
setting/america
setting/italy
setting/industrial_city
setting/paris
archetype/detective
archetype/orphan
form/satire
form/detective_fiction
form/melodrama
form/historical_novel
form/bildungsroman
form/travel_writing
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
form/novel
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/puritanism
Jul 24, 2026
A Tale of Two Cities
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
concept/economics
author/dickens
form/novel
form/historical_novel
form/social_novel
concept/revenge
concept/social_injustice
concept/class_conflict
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/martyrdom
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/love_romantic
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/martyr
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/avenger
archetype/double_doppelganger
motif/blood
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/storm
motif/the_city
motif/light_and_dark
histref/the_french_revolution
setting/paris
setting/london
character/sydney_carton
character/charles_darnay
character/lucie_manette
character/doctor_manette
character/madame_defarge
character/monsieur_defarge
character/jarvis_lorry
character/miss_pross
character/jerry_cruncher
character/marquis_st_evremonde