The document discusses literary and social influences during the 19th century in Europe and Britain. Some key developments included the Industrial Revolution, expansion of the British Empire under Queen Victoria, and the rise of realism out of Romanticism. Popular genres included the novel which focused on aristocracy and the middle class. Important authors of the time included William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge who helped launch the Romantic movement. Fashions changed significantly over the century for both men's and women's clothing. Photography also emerged as a new technology, including photos with deceased people.