LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE VICTORIAN NOVEL
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show the differences between these traditions as well as their similarities.
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explores the youth and young adulthood of a sensitive protagonist who is in search of the meaning of life and the nature of the world.
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a genre where magic elements are a natural part in an otherwise mundane, realistic environment.
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sought to engage directly with the contemporary social and political issues with a focus on the representation of class, gender, and labour relations, as well as on social unrest.
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Detailed explanation-1: -he term the “Condition-of-England novels” refers to a body of narrative fiction, also known as industrial novels, social novels, or social problem novels, published in Victorian England during and after the period of the Hungry Forties.
Detailed explanation-2: -“The condition of England” was a phrase used by Thomas Carlyle in his essay Chartism (1839) about the “condition and disposition” of working people; it combined sympathy for deprivation with fear of the “madness” of Chartism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Carlyle expresses his critical opinion about the Condition of England in an elevated, prophetic language. Despite England’s abundant resources, the poor classes are living in deprivation. He shows a depressing picture of the daily life of the workers, many of whom are unable to find meaningful work.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.