CONCLUSION
The Victorian era, in British history, is the period between approximately 1820 and 1914, corresponding roughly to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). It is characterized by a class-based society, a growing number of people able to vote, a growing state and economy, and Britain’s status as the most powerful empire in the world. During the Victorian period, Britain was a powerful nation with a rich culture. It had a stable government, a growing state, and an expanding franchise.
During this time emerged Victorian novelists such as Charles Dickens (known for being the expression of the conscience of his age), William Thackeray (who described the nobility), Charlotte and Emily Brontë (brought up in isolation and in poor surroundings), Elisabeth Gaskell (recognised for her social concern), Wilkie Collins (with his sensation novels), Anthony Trollope (whose novels are the epitome of conservatism), Georges Eliot (whose novels are set in Warwickshire), George Meredith (who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times), and Thomas Hardy (a critical Victorian realist influenced by Romanticism).
