Download - P - 6 - Victorian Age (Background)
Hiteshbhai C. Parmar
Roll No. 11 Semester – M.A. Sem. 2
Year 2013 - 14
Topic:- Victorian Age – (Background)
Submitted to: Heenaba Zala
Smt. S.B. Gardi Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar.
• Victoria, daughter of the Duke of Kent, succeeded her uncle, William IV, in 1837 when she was a girl of eighteen.
• She had character, a great sense of public duty and resposibility, and was perhaps the best possible monarch for nineteenth century Britain.
• Her reign lasted almost 64 years, making her the longest reigning monarch in the history of England. This period of great expansion for the British Empire.
The Reign of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1900)
Historical Summary
DemocracySocial UnrestAge of peace and
ProsperityArts and ScienceMiddle ClassEducation Reforms
Literary characteristic
Age of ProseMoral PurposeIdealismNew EducationThe Revolt
Victorian Age - Background
Historical Summary
Historical Summary
Democracy
Social Unrest
Age of peace and ProsperityArts and Science
Middle Class
Education Reforms
Literary Characteristic
Historical Summary
Age of Prose
Moral purposeIdealism
New education
The revolt