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Reading 19th-century texts

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Why 19th-century texts feel different

  • Nineteenth-century writing covers many forms and audiences. Some passages use vocabulary or syntax that feels unfamiliar today; others are direct, conversational or humorous.
  • Social circumstances and conventions can differ from the present. Writers within a period can disagree, and may criticise the assumptions around them.
  • Read for the gist first, then use context and any glossary to clarify details.

Translate without changing meaning

Translate without changing meaningArchaic expressionModern meaningerebeforewhencefrom wherethitherto that placeyeyou

Reading strategies

  • For a complex sentence, find its main clause and then work out how the other clauses and inserted phrases relate to it. This strategy helps with older and modern texts.
  • Use the glossary and context: guess a word from the words around it. "The poor lad was greatly afflicted by hunger" tells you afflicted means troubled.
  • Identify purpose and attitude from the actual language and structure. Formality is register; a formal passage may convey sympathy, anger, humour or another tone.
  • Archaic expressions include “whence” (from where), “thither” (to that place), “ere” (before) and “ye” (you). They can appear in later literary writing and are not exclusive markers of one century.

Unpack the sentence

Unpack the sentencePartFunctionThe boySubjecttired and hungryInserted descriptionranMain verbhomeDirection

Writing about 19th-century texts

  • Compare the writer's attitude with modern views if the question asks.
  • Treat the text as a real piece of persuasion or description: comment on language and structure just as for modern texts.
  • Context can help explain a viewpoint, but class, gender or date do not guarantee a particular belief. Support your interpretation with the text and avoid invented biography.

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An imagined industrial setting

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  1. 1.What does 'archaic' mean?

    Easy
    • Aold-fashioned
    • Bmodern
    • Crude
    • Dshort

  2. 2.What does 'ere' mean in old texts?

    Easy
    • Aafter
    • Bhere
    • Cthere
    • Dbefore

  3. 3.What does 'thither' mean?

    Easy
    • Ahere
    • Bto this
    • Cto that place
    • Dfrom there

  4. 4.Which sentence uses the most elaborate syntax and formal vocabulary?

    Easy
    • ACold.
    • BIt was an exceedingly cold morning, and the streets, being narrow and ill-lit, were deserted.
    • CIt was cold and quiet.
    • DMornings are cold.

  5. 5.What should you do first with a long, complex sentence?

    Easy
    • Afind the subject and the main verb
    • Bskip it
    • Cread only the last word
    • Dcount the commas

  6. 6.How can you work out an unfamiliar word?

    Easy
    • Aignore it
    • Bguess randomly
    • Cwrite a different word
    • Duse the context

  7. 7.Why might attitudes in a 19th-century text seem unfamiliar?

    Easy
    • Amodern readers are foolish
    • Bthey are all the same
    • Csocial attitudes have changed
    • Dthe writer was careless

  8. 8.What is the 'gist' of a text?

    Easy
    • Athe length
    • Bthe general meaning
    • Ceach word
    • Dthe spelling

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