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THE VICTORIAN AGE
AND CHARLES DICKENS :!!:
Queen Victoria
Greatest expansion of the British Empire
new colonies
In 1877 Queen Victoria was given a new title ,Empress of India
1837 Accession of Queen Victoria ,at the age of 18
1840 The marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Reforms
first reform act
factory act
poor law amendment act
Political parties
Great Exhibition
In 1851 a Great Exhibition, organised by Prince
Albert, showed the world Britain's industrial
and economic power. The exhibition was
housed at the Crystal Palace, a huge structure
of glass and steel designed by Sir Joseph Paxton
and erected in Hyde Park. More than 15,000
exhibitors from all over the world displayed
their goods to millions of visitors.
The building of the London Underground
began in 1860 and railways started to transform
the landscape and people's lives
historical events
first opium war against chrina
irish potato famie
Victorian Compromise
women seen as chaste; sexuality repressed.
"White man's burden"
A difficult combination of the duty to spread Christian civilisation,encouraging toleration and open communication and at the same time promoting commercial interests.
Sense of superiority
Charles Dickens
Life: He was born in Portsmouth
in 1812, he had an unhappy childhood because his father was imprisoned for debt when he was 12 and he started working in factories. He married Catherine Hogarth in April 1836.
Works: He began to work as a reporter for a newspaper. His career starts with the publication of "Sketches by Boz". Then he started a full-time career as a novelist but he continued his journalistic and editorial activities. One of his Masterpiece is "Oliver Twist" (1837) and "A Christmas Carol"
Characters: Upper-middle-class world was replaced by the one of the lower orders. Children are usually the most important characters in Dickens's novels.
religion plays an important role
