In this week’s mini, we’re discussing the life and work of literary critic Gillian Beer whose classic scholarly publication from 1983, Darwin’s Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth Century Fiction, should be essential reading for anyone who loves 19th century literature. Discussed in this episode: Darwin’s Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth Century Fiction by Gillian BeerHow Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton “Gillian Beer: ‘I’m a Historical Remnant from the Great Days of Free Education” by Claire Armistead (The Guardian)Ghosts by Henrik IbsenOscar WildeSt. Anne’s College at OxfordJohn BeerGirton College at CambridgeLost Ladies of Lit episode on Rosamond Lehmann and Dusty Answer with Lucy ScholesThe Lost Daughter (2021 film) Meredith: A Change of Masks by Gillian BeerThe Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith The Romance by Gillian BeerFrankenstein by Mary ShelleyClare Hall at Cambridge Bleak House by Charles DickensArguing with the Past by Gillian BeerThomas Hardy Henry JamesStations Without Signs by Gillian BeerTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf: The Common Ground by Gillian BeerAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollAlice in Space: The Sideways Victorian World of Lewis Carroll by GilliaFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast