Victorian period and the 19th century (2 St. 2 Min, 30 Sept 1832 Jahr – 11 St. 26 Min, 17 Jul 1901 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

- 1832 – 1901
- only in English speaking countries
- Queen Victoria (1837 became queen)
- La Belle Epoche in central Europe
- Political reforms
- The reform bill 1832 – the start points - democracy - many people started to vote
- Nonconformist churches – non-religious
- British global imperial expansion which made the British Empire the largest in history. Great unpredicted demographics changes. Trading, naval and industrial supremacy.

Literature during the Victorian Era
- Social, economical and political upheaval.
- Sentimental stories and stories on double standards, especially among higher classes.

- Female writers
- Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters

- Charles Dickens
- Oscar Wilde
- Mark Twain
- Emily Dickinson
- Walt Withman

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