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Victorianism

The Victorian era, spanning the 18th to 19th centuries, was marked by significant socio-economic and cultural changes. This period saw the rise of the Industrial Revolution, which introduced the railway age and boosted agricultural productivity.

Victorianism

Historical Background

Industrial Revolución

-The railway age -Agricultural increase -Feudal Society -Children work and workers bad conditions -Free Trade -Competitive exports powerful middle-class -The Conservative and Liberal politicians -"Bluestockings" women movement -The Puritan -Writers and puritan women

Queen Victoria

Changed the Monarchy Britain become in urban The Crimean War The Boer War The British gained control of Egypt

Literature Background

-English became a nation of avid novel-readers. -Theatres were disreputable.

Main writen works

-Victorian novels. -Pickwick Papers -Under the Greenwood Tree -Great Expectations -Wuthering Heights -Bad Ballads -The origin of te Spaces (evolution) -Susan Fenimore Cooper's Rural Hours

Main Authors

-Charles Dickens -Thomas Hardy -Robert Browning (1812–89) -Alfred Tennyson (1809–92) -The Brontë sisters -Charles Darwin -Hemry David Thoreau
Poetry Gothic Satiris

Focus

-Money satire -Human rights -aving the poor -Protestanism -Children literature

Victorianism

18 to 19 Century