English Literature 10 - Victorian Age: Social, Cultural, Political and Economic context

The Victorian Age, also called "Age of Empire" is considered one of the most flourishing periods in English Literature, besides being a time of change as far as politics, society and economics are concerned. The Industrial Revolution influences urbanization as well as Agricultural/Transport Revolution and it causes social unrests and reforms. The main cell of the Victorian patriarchal society is a stereotype of family ased on hard work, conventions, a strict moral code and the values of the rising middle-class.