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