Category: Victoria

Matthew Arnold. Matthew Arnold was a pessimistic poet, and the poem most quoted to underline this classification is “Dover. What is pessimism in Victorian age? Victorian poets abandoned the verdant, inspiring model of nature popularized by the Romantics. This harsh, fatalistic language is a reflection of what is commonly called Victorian pessimism. Who was the […]

Procter was the favourite poet of Queen Victoria. Coventry Patmore called her the most popular poet of the day, after Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Who was Queen Victoria’s poet? Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron TennysonDescription. Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892) was, and remains, one of the most popular English poets. He held the position of poet […]

Robert Browning is naturally considered a Victorian poet, considering that he wrote during the time period of Victorian England. And yet Browning’s work is simultaneously a revolt against some of the most well-defined aspects of that time, and a reflection of its characteristics. How is Browning a Victorian poet? Robert Browning, (born May 7, 1812, […]

But never you fret. It just means she can’t eat anything with wheat. And although she normally shuns sweet, during her pregnancy Victoria is craving gluten-free chocolate cookies, or biscuits as they are known in England. What celebrities have celiac disease? Celebrities with Celiac Disease! Drew Brees, Quarterback for the New Orleans Saints and Super […]

Most homes for the middle class were not complex, they were usually typical houses made and designed for people not as wealthy as the upper class. Most houses had a fireplace, kitchen, bathrooms, and bedrooms. Usually houses, would have cone shaped roofs at the top of the house. Some of the houses were elegant. What […]

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Hawthornden Castle in Midlothian on 14 September 1842, the last day of their first holiday in Scotland. Did Queen Victoria go to Scotland? Victoria’s Visit. For a British monarch, Queen Victoria was extremely quick off the mark in making her first visit to Scotland in 1842, only five years […]

The middle class consisted of shopkeepers, merchants, clerks, businessmen, bankers, doctors, and etc. Many people in the middle class could make on average 100-5,000 Euros a year. People in the middle class often had to work to make a living and to feed and care for their families. What was Victorian middle class like? Thrift, […]

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Scotland for the first time in September 1842. During their visit, they stayed at various castles as guests of members of the Scottish nobility. Where did Queen Victoria visit in Scotland? Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Hawthornden Castle in Midlothian on 14 September 1842, the last day of […]

All children had to attend a school until they were 10 years old. In 1889, the school leaving age was raised to twelve, and in 1891, the school’s pence fee was abolished and schools became free. What were the schools like? There could be as many as 70 or 80 pupils in one class, especially […]

Victorian schooling. At the start of Queen Victoria’s reign, there were no government-run schools, and no law saying children had to go to school. Sons of rich families went to expensive public (fee-paying) schools. They were taught classical subjects like Latin and Greek, and educated to become leaders and statesmen. What types of schools were […]