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3. Brief History
The Victorian Era, spanning from 1837 to 1901, was a period of
significant social, cultural, and technological change in Britain. Named
after Queen Victoria, it marked the transition from the industrial
revolution to a modern, urbanized society. During this time, Britain
experienced immense economic growth, driven by industrialization and
trade, leading to the rise of a powerful middle class. However, it was
also marked by stark social disparities, with widespread poverty and
harsh working conditions for the working class.
The Victorian Era saw the emergence of influential literary
figures, such as Charles Dickens and the Bronte sisters, who commented
on the societal issues of the time. It also witnessed important social
reforms, including the abolition of slavery and the expansion of women's
rights. The Victorian Era left a lasting impact on British history, shaping
the modern society we know today.

4. 1. MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT
- Huge improvements in
technology due to industrial
revolution brimming with
commercial energy and
prosperity
• A. Great Exhibition of 1851
• B. Social Injustice among
working class.
Major Developments
London Bridge

5. 2. CHARTISM
- Workers demand rights to
vote, equal electional
parliament and abolition of
property given to the members
of parliament.
Major Developments
Robert Wilson: Chartist demonstration

6. 3. INTELLECTUAL
DEVELOPMENT
- On the origin of species in
1859 by Charles Darwin
Major Developments
Charles Darwin

9. 1. Alfred Lord Tennyson - Tennyson chased legends of king
Arthur and Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey as the subjects of list
poems.
- Lotos - Eaters - Palace of art
- Ulysses - In Memorian
- Lady of Shallot - Idylls of the king

10. 2. Robert Browning – known for dramatic monologues.
- Ponphyrid’s Lover
- Bells and Pomegranates
- Dramatic Romance and Lyrics
- Men and Women
- Dramatic Personal

11. 3. Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Wife of Robert Browning.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era,
popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Born in
County Durham, the eldest of 12 children, Elizabeth Barrett wrote
poetry from the age of eleven.
- Cry of the children
- Sonnets from Portuguese
- How do I Love Thee

12. 4. Matthew Arnold - Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic
who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the
celebrated headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold,
literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial
administrator.
- Dover Beach
- Empedocles of Etna
- The Scholar Gypsy
Popular critics works of
Matthew Arnold includes:
- Essays in Criticism
- Culture and Anarchy
- Literature and Dogma

13. 5. Dante Gabriel Rossetti – Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti,
generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was an English poet,
illustrator, painter, translator and member of the Rossetti family. He
founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman
Hunt and John Everett Millais.
- Founder of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- The Blessed Damozel

14. 6. Christina Georgina Rossetti – sister of D. G Rossetti. Christina
Georgina Rossetti was an English writer of romantic, devotional and
children's poems.
- Goblin market
- Remember

15. FAMOUS VICTORIAN NOVELISTS

16. FAMOUS VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
1. Charles Dickens - Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English
writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-
known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the
greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
Oliver Twist
Christmas Carol
David Copperfield
Hard Times
Tale of the Cities
Great Expectations

17. FAMOUS VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
2. William Makepeace Thackeray - William Makepeace Thackeray was
a British novelist, author and illustrator. He is known for his satirical
works, particularly his 1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of
British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which
was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick.
Vanity Fair
History of Henry Esmond

18. FAMOUS VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
3. George Eliot ( Mary Ann Evans) - Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen
name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator,
and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven
novels: Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix
Holt, the Radical, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda.
Adam Bede
Mill on the Floss
Silas Mariner
Middle March

19. FAMOUS VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
4. Charlotte Bronte “Currer Bell’ (pen name) - Charlotte Brontë was an
English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who
survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English
literature. She enlisted in school at Roe Head, Mirfield, in January
1831, aged 14 years.
Jane Eyre
Villette

20. FAMOUS VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
5. Emily Bronte “Ellis Bell” (pen name) - Emily Jane Brontë was an
English novelist and poet who is best known for her only
novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of
English literature.
Wuthering Heights

21. FAMOUS VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
6. Anne Bronte “ Action Bell” (pen name) - Anne Brontë was an
English novelist and poet, and the youngest member of the Brontë
literary family. Anne Brontë was the daughter of Maria and Patrick
Brontë, a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England. Anne lived
most of her life with her family at the parish of Haworth on the
Yorkshire moors.
Agnes Grey

22. FAMOUS VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
7. Thomas Hardy – his novels are set in a semi-fictional region called
Wessex.
Far from the Madding Crowd
Mayor of the Caster Bridge
Tess of the Durberville
Jude the Obscure

23. FAMOUS VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
8. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Caroll) - Charles Lutwidge
Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English
author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.
He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy.
- Alice in the Wonderland

24. FAMOUS VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
9. Arthur Conan Doyle – He wrote 4 novels and 56 short stories of
Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer
and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A
Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about
Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in
the field of crime fiction.

27. As the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Albert Edward had a
long wait before he became King Edward VII after his mother's death in 1901. Thus
beginning the last period in British history to be named after the monarch who reigned
over it – the Edwardian Era.
Prince Edward VII