Literature in the Victorian Era | A Historical Overview

Over the six decades of Queen Victoria's reign, some 60,000 works of prose fiction were published in Great Britain alone. What made the Victorian era the golden age of the English novel? And what factors especially influenced the literature of the period? Here is our brief historical overview of Victorian literature.

Music:

- Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte) Op. 67
Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Takashi Sato

- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by ClassicaViva Orchestra

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#BytheHistoryBook #VictorianLiterature

[curiousworld]

I could have listened to more than an hour on this subject alone. Victorian literature is an enormously broad topic, with writers as diverse as Emily Bronte and Joseph Conrad. I'd love to see you do a more expanded version.

[dainforsythe]

Thank you for citing your sources! Wonderful work.

[sandralantau]

Thank you for a great introduction to Victorian literature. I am especially impressed by how you've also highlighted other aspects of Victorian culture, especially its art.

[t.c.]

I know this video is about literature but I cannot stop admiring the artwork! ❤️

[hamzabouzidi]

I was admiring your writing skills the whole time. Everything just flowed so naturally. I would kill to be able to write like that.
Thank you so much.

[adambillen]

Okay! Okay! You've convinced me, I'll register for the Victorian Era literature class!

[brianthesage]

please make a historical overview about tudor and elizabethan era

[hondoklaatu]

Excellent video. I appreciate all your research.The victorian era is very fascinating to me. I especially like the mystery or adventure books of the era. My favorite are Doyle, Stevenson, Verne, Melville, Wilkie Collins, and Kipling (though not his more imperialist stuff) . Does anyone have any more classic victorian adventure authors or stories I should try out?

[sonalikarmakar]

very easy description in a very short time... thanks for this ☺️

[MG-ddkj]

Marvellous! I highly enjoyed this video and I don‘t hesitate to like, subscribe and ring the notification bell as I declare myself a dedicated bookworm and lover of English literature - much love from Germany

[BrentAllenDumfriesshire]

Your video was beautiful and well appreciated. Thank you for your time and sharing your information

[uiktgtc]

could you do a video about doyle's sherlock holmes please?
or a book vs movie about wuthering heights
love your channel btw!

[devygonzalez]

Super helpful! I loved the way you presented the information, it kept me interested the whole way through. :)

[karenbearden]

A wonderful subject, and the narration was very well done. Thank you!

[quelmattia]

This was crystal clear!
From a non English speaker :)

[lindanorris]

Henry Myahew: London Labor and the London Poor. WOnderful but troubling book!

[rosalobo]

Could you do a review of Anna Karenina?

[michaeljohnangel]

I enjoyed this very much; I wish, though, that the music had been a little less loud. It made it difficult to hear comfortably what you were saying.

[thogameskanaal]

Really fascinating!
The British empire having a BILLION inhabitants in the 1800s!? That's getting awfully close to modern demographics...
Though, with the important difference being that modern population numbers rose naturally, and are actually maintainable.

[bubbercakes]

Dickens is without a doubt the greatest writer ever.