{"id":776,"date":"2023-12-18T07:58:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/?page_id=776"},"modified":"2024-01-09T11:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:43:06","slug":"victorian-literature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/victorian-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Victorian literature, a vibrant and transformative phase in the literary world, emerged during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. This era, bore witness to profound industrial and social changes. Literature evolve in unprecedented ways as a natural response to all this change. Interestingly, the experience of reading and the types of literature available varied significantly between the wealthy and the poor. While the affluent had access to a broad range of novels, poetry, and non-fiction, the less fortunate often relied on serialized stories in magazines or cheaper, abridged versions of popular works. \u200b \u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opulent drawing rooms of the wealthy buzzed with the latest serialized novels, while the working-class homes<\/a>, usually much less literate, relied on cheaper publications or oral storytelling. This dichotomy mirrored the vast social disparities of the time. It also influenced the themes and tone that started to emerge in the literature of the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n