1. Hafiz Jhanzaib Anjum
Group Member

2. Victorian period
• The literature of the Victorian age (1837 – 1901, named
for the reign of Queen Victoria) entered in a new period
after the romantic revival. The literature of this era
expressed the fusion of pure romance to gross realism.
the Victorian Age produced great poets, the age is also
remarkable for the excellence of its style.
• Literature of this age tends to come closer to daily life
which reflects its real problems and interests. It
becomes a powerful instrument for human progress.
Socially & economically, Industrialism was on the rise

3. Industrial Revolution
• Factories were founded and mass production
became important and profitable

4. Industrial Revolution(Contd)
• Railways, canals and steamships provided Britain
with the transportation between Britain and its
colonies

5. Industrial Revolution(Contd)
• Growth of the cities
• The search for employment
• Child Labor
• The housing shortage

7. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning (6 March 1806 – 29
June 1861) was one of the most prominent English
poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely
popular in both Britain and the United States
during her lifetime
Famous Poems
• A Child Asleep
• The Battle of Marathon

8. Alfred Tennyson
• Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, (6 August
1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great
Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's
reign and remains one of the most popular British
poets.
Famous Poem
• Mariana
• The Lotos-Eaters

9. Robert Browning
• Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December
1889) was an English poet and playwright whose
mastery of dramatic verse especially dramatic
monologues made him one of the
foremost Victorian poets.
Famous Poems
• Sordello
• My Last Duchess

10. The Great Novelist of the Period
Charles Dickens William Makepeace George Eliot

11. Charles Dickens
• Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9
June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He
created some of the world's most memorable fictional
characters and is generally regarded as the
greatest novelist of the Victorian period.
Famous Novels
• Oliver Twist
• The Cricket on the Hearth

12. William Makepeace
• William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24
December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th
century. He was famous for his satirical works,
particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of
English society
Famous Novels
• Vanity Fair
• The Rose and the Ring

13. George Eliot
• Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22
December 1880; alternatively "Mary Anne" or
"Marian"), known by her pen name George Eliot,
was an English novelist, journalist, translator and one
of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
Famous Novels
• Adam Bede
• Romola

14. Woman in Victorian culture
• First women’s college established in 1848 in London
• Changing conditions of women’s work created by the
Industrial Revolution Bad working conditions and
underemployment drove thousands of women into
prostitution
• Sticked to the household and viewed as property ,
and these attitudes gave birth to feminism

15. Literacy And Publication
• By the end of the century, literacy was almost
universal and compulsory national education
required to the age of ten
• Thanks to technological developments, the rate of
reading including newspapers, novels and
periodicals increased
• Novels and short fiction were published in serial
form.