Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bleaker House | 2017 | Nell Stevens | Buy |
| 2 | The Victorian and the Romantic / Mrs Gaskell and Me | 2018 | Nell Stevens | Buy |
Nell Stevens’ non-fiction consists of two books that blend memoir with literary exploration. Bleaker House (2017) documents her stay on the Falkland Islands, where she took a writing fellowship expecting to produce a novel in solitude. The book alternates between her real experiences in the remote landscape and the fiction she struggled to write there.
The Victorian and the Romantic (2018), also published as Mrs Gaskell and Me, uses the life of Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell as a framework for Stevens’ own reflections on writing, love, and creative ambition. Both books mix personal narrative with literary history.