Victorian periodDefinition, features and costums

Victorian period is known as reign of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1900).

Several changes: from politics until society.

Definition

The sun never sets on the British Empire.

Features: British Empire

Capitalist system

Industrial Revolution◦ Carbon◦ Iron◦ Steel◦ Textile

◦ Railway

Features: economy

Features: societyUpper-class

Middle-class

Lower-class

Politicians, priests and company’s owners

Doctors and lawyers

Company’s workers

Social Roles

Costums

Tea Plenty breakfast

Costums

Valentine’s Day Language of the flowers

Curiosities

Superstitions

Curiosities

Thomas Cook

Curiosities

Curiosities

Ice-cream cone

Deck chairs

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Oscar Wilde

Charles DickensEmily Brönte

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