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Elliot Engel on “Queen Victoria and the Victorian Novel”

Elliot Engel will speak on “Queen Victoria and the Victorian Novel” on Friday, March 3, 2017, at 7 pm at Raleigh Moravian Church, 1816 Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27612. General admission tickets will be $27.00 per person. Advanced purchase is strongly recommended. To purchase tickets, call 919-833-3431 with your MasterCard or Visa, or mail a check payable to Joel Lane Museum House to P O Box 10884, Raleigh NC 27605 or visit Eventbrite.com. Your tickets will be held at will call. Tickets are non-refundable unless we must cancel the event. The doors will open at 6:30 pm.

Dr. Engel reveals the fascinating story of how Victoria came to the British throne in 1837, a tale with more incredible twists and turns than any novel written
during her reign. He also reveals and explains the brilliance of the 40,000 novels published during her period which has been called the greatest flowering
of fiction in the history of our language.

Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Dr. Engel now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he has taught at the University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University, and Duke University. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at UCLA. While at UCLA he won that university’s Outstanding Teacher Award.

Dr. Engel has written ten books published in England, Japan, and the United States. His mini-lecture series on Charles Dickens ran on PBS television stations around the country. His articles have appeared in numerous newspapers and national magazines including Newsweek.
He has lectured throughout the United States and on all the continents including Antarctica. Four plays which he has written have been produced during
the last ten years.

For his scholarship and teaching, Dr. Engel has received North Carolina’s Adult Education Award, North Carolina State’s Alumni Professorship, and the Victorian Society’s Award of Merit. Most recently, for his thirty years of academic work and service in promoting Charles Dickens, he was nominated and inducted into the Royal Society of Arts in England.

Since 1980, Dr. Engel has been President of the Dickens Fellowship of North Carolina, the largest branch of this worldwide network of clubs. The sales of Dr. Engel’s books, CDs, and DVDs have raised funds for The Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital which Dickens helped found in London in 1852.

Professor Engel continues to teach outside the classroom and give literary and historical programs throughout the world. He also presents assemblies at elementary, middle, and high schools, and his educational CDs are used in classrooms around the country. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, walking, and vacationing in exotic locations where he is not asked to deliver even one lecture.

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