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Victorian Age

The Victorian period from 1830-1901 in Britain saw economic and social difficulties early on but then prosperity and stability in the mid-Victorian period from 1848-1870 as Britain's empire grew. Later in the period from 1870-1901, socialist movements increased and literacy rates rose as literature flourished in many genres including novels, poetry, essays, and plays that often focused on moral and social responsibility.

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Victorian Age

The Victorian period from 1830-1901 in Britain saw economic and social difficulties early on but then prosperity and stability in the mid-Victorian period from 1848-1870 as Britain's empire grew. Later in the period from 1870-1901, socialist movements increased and literacy rates rose as literature flourished in many genres including novels, poetry, essays, and plays that often focused on moral and social responsibility.

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The early Victorian Lots of problems The Victorian


period (1830-1848) Compromise

Economic and social difficulties Rigid code of values


“Time of troubles”

The mid-Vicorian Duty and hard work


period (1848-1870) Respectability
Time of prosperity Charity
Optimism and stability
“The British Empire”

Later period
(1870-1901)
Socialist movements
Literacy increased

Victorian Period
(1830-1901)

Literature

Poetry D Essays
Written in news
Novel Comedy
Papers and

Moral and social responsabilty Music hall magazines

The phantomime

The farce

Dramatic Monologue and epic poems The melodrma


Lots of problems

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