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The Victorian AgeGeneral IntroductionPeriod an Eras in English historyAnglo-Saxon655–1066Norman1066–1154Plantagenet1154–1485Tudor1485–1603Elizabethan1558–1603Stuart1603–1714Jacobean1603–1625Caroline1625–1649Interregnum1649–1660Restoration1660–1688Georgian1714–1830Victorian1837–1901Edwardian1901–1910World War I1914–1918Interwar1918–1939World War II1939–1945Modern1945–presentBrief intro:The Victorian Period revolves around the political career of Queen Victoria. She was crowned in 1837 and died in 1901 (which put a definite end to her political career). A great deal of change took place during this period--brought about because of the Industrial Revolution; so its not surprising that the literature of the period is often concerned with social reform. As Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) wrote, The time for levity, insincerity, and idle babble and play-acting, in all kinds, is gone by; it is a serious, grave time.Victoria PeriodTime SpanThe Victorian Period revolves around the political career of Queen Victoria. A new era really began with the passage of Reform Bill 1832 and closed at the end of Boer War in 1902.Three phasesThe early Victorian period (1830~48):多事之秋(A Time of Troubles)It saw the opening of Britain’s first railway and its first Reform Parliament, but it was also a time of economic distress.The mid-Victorian period (1848~70):经济繁荣和宗教分歧的时期（Economic Prosperity and Religious Controversy）It was not free of harassing problems, it was a time of prosperity, optimism, and stability.The later period (1870~1901) :由盛到衰过程的时期（Decay of Victorian Values）The costs of Empire became increasingly apparent, and England was confronted with growing threats to its military and economic preeminence.Queen Victoria and Victorian TemperVictoria was born in 1819.She came to the throne in 1837(aged 18), after the death of her uncle William IV, crowned in 1838 and died in 1901. She reigned for exactly 63 years, 7 months, 2 days (June 20, 1837 - January 22, 1901), longer than any other British