The English Novel (Esprios Classics) - George Saintsbury - Bog

The English Novel is a study of the history of the novel in England, written by George Saintsbury in 1912, that observes its influences and origins. His critical essays include discussions on the works of Dickens, Swift, Thackeray, Austen, Scott, as well as writers of the late-nineteenth century. He prefaced the book with "It is somewhat curious that there is, so far as I know, no complete handling in English of the subject of this volume, popular and important though that subject has been."