Vision and Character

As readers, we develop an impression of characters and their settings in a novel based on the author’s description of their physical characteristics and surroundings. This process, known as physiognomy, can be seen throughout history including in the English Realist novels of the 19th and 20th centuries. Vision and Character: Physiognomics and the English Realist Nove l offers a study into the physiognomics and aesthetics as presented by some of the best known authors in this genre, like Virgini