<p>Charles Kingsley's 'Yeast: a Problem' exists at the confluence of pastoral narrative and social critique, emblematic of the 19th-century condition-of-England novels. By using a rural setting and rendering the struggles of the agricultural population, Kingsley offers a poignant exploration of social inequalities and moral decay. Infused with elements of spiritual introspection and a Darwinian understanding of human struggle, the novel's literar...