The document presents a study on the Victorian Age (1830-1901), highlighting its historical context, literature, and women's struggles during this period. It discusses key novelists and poets, including prominent figures like Charles Dickens and George Eliot, while noting the limited opportunities available for women writers. Additionally, the document touches on children's literature against the backdrop of industrialism, emphasizing the notable intellectual and cultural achievements of the era.

1. SMT S.B.GARDI DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
NAME :- RIDDHI H. RATHOD
PAPER NO. :- 104 LITERATURE OF VICTORIANS
TOPIC :- STUDY ON VICTORIAN AGE
ROLL NO. :- 19
ENROLLMENT NO. :- 4069206420220025

2. POINTS OF PRESENTATION :-
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INTRODUCTION OF THE AGE
THE RISE OF THE VICTORIAN AGE
WOMEN’S STRUGGLE IN THIS AGE
NOVELIST & POETS
CHILDREN LITERATURE

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INTRODUCTION OF THE AGE : VICTORIAN AGE (1830-1901)
On William |V’s death in 1837,
Victoria became Queen at the age
of 18. Queen Victoria ruled Britain
for over 60 years. During this long
reign, the country acquired
unprecedented power and wealth.
Britain’s reach extended across the globe
because of its empire, political stability, and
revolutionary developments in transport
and communication. Many of the intellectual
and cultural achievements of this period are
still with us today.

4. The Rise of Victorian Age :-
 In Romantic age – poetry
In Victorian age – novel
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Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers
William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Anne Bronte - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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WOMEN’S STRUGGLE IN THIS:-
In this era, these three sisters have not much written but each novel
of the three has become very popular. Anne Bronte’s novel ‘The
Tenant of Wildfell Hall’ was shocking and known as ‘First Feminist
Novel’. In this age used to write women’s novel but she could not
publish any novel in her own name.
The only problem was that women were not given the opportunity
to write a novel. At that time, the Victorian age reform act came in
which there was lot of development in just like voting, industrilicism,
camera, radio all kind of developed but women were oppressed. This
age was much less important than the Puritan age. At that time,
women protected by their family, limited study and limited job
opportunities.
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6. Marry Ann Evas was published her novel at this
time under the name of George Eliot’s.
George Eliot’s famous novels are-
Middlemarch
Silas Marner illustrated
The Mill on the Floss
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7. Novelist & Poets:-
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1. Elizabeth Gaskell
2. Thomas Hardy
3. Anthony Trollope
4. George Meredith
5. H.G. Wells
1. Alfred Lord
Tennyson
2. Robert Browning
3.Elizabeth
4.Barrett Browing
5.Matthew Arnold

8. In this time D.G. Rosetti, Rudyard Kiplig, Gerard Manley
Hopkins, Alfred Austen, Robert Briges all of this well written in
this age.
Oscar wilde most famous for his drama ‘Importance of Being
Earnest’.
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9. Children literature:-
At this time, industrialism was going on, so the
literature that was written about children's
working in the industry is called Children's
literature.
Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling are included in
this literature.
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10. Conclusion:-
THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT WHAT THEY THINK
OF ME, BUT WHAT I THINK OF THEM.
-QUEEN VICTORIA
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11. Here my work cited:-
+ Sutherland, J. (1995). The Victorian Novelists: Who were they?. In:
Victorian Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23937-5_ 8
+ Carlson, Shirley J. "Black ideals of womanhood in the late
Victorian era." The Journal of Negro History 77.2 (1992): 61-73.
+ Vey, Shauna. Review of Child Labor in the British Victorian
Entertainment Industry, 1875–1914, by Dyan Colclough. The
Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, vol. 10 no. 1, 2017,
p. 149-151. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/hcy.2017.0019.
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