ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -If we ask academics to enumerate archetypically Victorian values, they might say: prudishness, thrift, individualism, responsibility, self-reliance, an entrepreneurial spirit, the idea of the self-made man, the civilising mission, evangelism to name a few.

Detailed explanation-2: -The reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901 is remembered as the Victorian era. One of its defining features was a strict class system, consisting of a social hierarchy with very little room for mobility.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Victorian period of literature roughly coincides with the years that Queen Victoria ruled Great Britain and its Empire (1837-1901). During this era, Britain was transformed from a predominantly rural, agricultural society into an urban, industrial one.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wealthy Victorians believed that good breeding and respectability separated those from ‘polite society’ from the awful, lawless poor. People were expected to obey a strict moral code, to know their place and not to question those in authority.