Cornwall

Cornwall is a city in England. It was once one of England’s most populated southern counties. The city’s main exports today are Mr. Lemon Hart’s rum, cream, art, and pottery, though the city used to host thriving tin mines (Cannon and Crowcroft).

Rome

Rome became the capital city of Italy in 1871. In 753 BC, it was founded by Romulus. Initially, Rome began on the Palatine Hill, though it eventually grew to encompass “the other six hills of Rome (Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Viminal, and Quirinal Hill)”. The Roman Republic began after King Tarquinius Superbus was expelled in 510 BC.

Burnley UK

Here is a picture of a factory on the Leeds and Liverpool canal. this is very significant for its importance in cotton making in the industrial revolution of the 1800's. This is the home of the cotton mill.  so this town is a large portion of the setting and background information. 

Regent Street or Oxford Street

Oxford street is one of the busiest streets in London . It is a shopping destination to various well known brands. The place appears in North and South when the coach heads to Milton he most likely came across this street. 

It is well known to be a high priced shopping destination that maybe in the 1800's was one of the biggest markets in London were people did their trades. The street was completed in 1825 and was one of the first devolpments in UK. There are many events were held on this strret such as yearly festival and fashion and design month. 

History & Development of the Novel

This is an ongoing collaborative and individual assignment in COVE Editions built upon the work we began in our first class discussions of the question, “What is a novel?” and in your subsequent exploratory research to suss out a more developed and complex understanding of what the novel is as a literary art form. Our timeline will begin in the mid- to later 1700s with Barford Abbey and all of the cultural context that informs her abbey fiction.

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