Shu:	So what do you consider to be the quintessential Victorian novel?
Juanita:	I thought we just decided there is no such thing as 'a Victorian novel'.
Shu:	Please consider it a convenient fiction rather than a hard fact.
Juanita:	Is any meaningful discussion is possible? Well, for the sake of good sport I shall consent to this fantasy. I suppose most people would answer something like Wuthering Heights or David Copperfield and a few might refer to Bram Stoker's Dracula. Personally, though, I prefer Trollope's The Way We Live Now (1875).
Shu:	Haven't you forgotten Eliott?
Juanita:	Forgotten – no. I simply find her tedious.
Shu:	No doubt others will say the same about us.