This is an engaging and personal account where G. K. Chesterton expounds his views on Victorian literature, which was during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). A lot of his opinions reflect the traditions of the age. However, he refreshingly comments on the Victorian novel saying, "it is an art in which women are quite beyond controversy." This book is an invaluable landmark in understanding an age that produced some of Britain's most widely enjoyed literature.