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(一) The Victorian Age

? General Introduction

a) Period an Eras in English history

Anglo-Saxon655–1066

Norman1066–1154

Plantagenet1154–1485

Tudor1485–1603 Elizabethan1558–1603 Stuart1603–1714

Jacobean1603–1625

Caroline1625–1649

Interregnum1649–1660

Restoration1660–1688

Georgian1714–1830

Victorian1837–1901

Edwardian1901–1910

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World War I1914–1918 Interwar1918–1939 World War II1939–1945 Modern1945–present ? Brief intro:

The Victorian Period revolves around the political career of Queen Victoria. She was crowned in 1837 and died in 1901 (which put a definite end to her political career). A great deal of change took place during this period--brought about because of the Industrial Revolution; so it's not surprising that the literature of the period is often concerned with social reform. As Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) wrote, \time for levity, insincerity, and idle babble and play-acting, in all kinds, is gone by; it is a serious, grave time.\b) Victoria Period

1) Time Span

? The Victorian Period revolves around the political career of Queen

Victoria.

? A new era really began with the passage of Reform Bill 1832 and

closed at the end of Boer War in 1902. 2) Three phases

? The early Victorian period (1830~48): 多事之秋(A Time of Troubles)

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It saw the opening of Britain’s first railway and its first Reform Parliament, but it was also a time of economic distress.

? The mid-Victorian period (1848~70): 经济繁荣和宗教分歧的时期

（Economic Prosperity and Religious Controversy）

It was not free of harassing problems, it was a time of prosperity, optimism, and stability.

? The later period (1870~1901) : 由盛到衰过程的时期（Decay of

Victorian Values）

The costs of Empire became increasingly apparent, and England was confronted with growing threats to its military and economic preeminence.

c) Queen Victoria and Victorian Temper

? Victoria was born in 1819.She came to the throne in 1837(aged 18),

after the death of her uncle William IV, crowned in 1838 and died in 1901.

? She reigned for exactly 63 years, 7 months, 2 days (June 20, 1837 -

January 22, 1901), longer than any other British monarch.

? Her 9 children and 42 grandchildren tying them together and earning

her the nickname \

? Exemplifies Victorian qualities: earnestness, moral responsibility,

domestic propriety

? The Victorian Period was an age of transition

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