This document provides information about Victorian literature and the Victorian era in three paragraphs. It gives background on the Victorian era from 1837 to 1901 during Queen Victoria's reign. It describes some key developments during this period including the Industrial Revolution, conflict between religion and science, and new inventions. The summary lists some important Victorian writers like Charles Dickens, the Brontë sisters, Thomas Hardy, and George Eliot and some of their famous works. It concludes that the Victorian era was a golden time for English literature marked by Queen Victoria's long reign and influence.