19th c. represenations

[amie-de-rimbaud.livejournal.com]

I'm very interested in how the Revolution was conceived in the Victorian imagination--most significantly, via fiction--especially with regard to representations that diverged from the stereotypical, Burke-esque, "the French Revolution=wanton carnage" view. I'm very familiar with A Tale of Two Cities and The Scarlet Pimpernel, but I was curious to see if you guys had any other reading suggestions. Minor authors/works, questionable literary merit, not a problem. I would prefer works in which the Revolution is the subject and not just a passing allusion. Even better if the work incorporates the 19th c. French revolutions, in addition to the (best) 1789 Revolution. Merci!

PS--for the sake of my research, I'm looking for British representations, not French

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[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

http://www.online-literature.com/chesterton/usurers/14/

here's an example...I particularly like his comment on the portrayal of aristos : "all of them good-looking" - and that was before cinema gave us hordes of pretty aristo girls with lovely hair being wheeled round in tumbrils...

[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

http://orwell.ru/library/reviews/dickens/english/e_chd the tower of heads quote is in here...it looks like it might be a useful essay, anyway!