Category: Victoria

Victorian literature refers to English literature during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). The 19th century is considered by some to be the Golden Age of English Literature, especially for British novels. It was in the Victorian era that the novel became the leading literary genre in English. Why do they call it the Victorian? […]

Weight lifting is a relatively new addition to Victoria’s workout regime. She now focuses on lifting heavy weights five or six days a week. “I’ve always been a bit scared of weights, but it turns out I love them,” Victoria told Grazia. “I’ve even got those special gloves to wear! How does Victoria Beckham stay […]

Victoria Beckham runs 7km on the treadmill every day Victoria told The Guardian’s Weekend magazine that her exercise routine begins between 5.30am and 6am with a 7km run on the treadmill, which is “a mix of uphill fast walking, jogging, running. How much exercise does Victoria Beckham do? In a previous interview with the Guardian, […]

Feodora was inconsolable, writing that she wished that “my Lord would be pleased to let me soon depart.” She died later the same year, aged 64, likely from cancer. Queen Victoria was devastated by Feodora’s death, writing, “My own darling, only sister, my dear excellent, noble Feodore is no more! What happened to Queen Victoria’s […]

Answer and Explanation: In terms of the year in which Wuthering Heights was released it is a Victorian novel. Queen Victoria had come to the British throne in 1838 and remained Queen until 1901, thus meaning that she was the British monarch when the novel was written. Is Wuthering Heights a Victorian novel? Today Wuthering […]

daughter Princess Beatrice. Queen Victoria maintained a detailed diary, her famous Journal, which is contained in 111 large manuscript volumes. These volumes constitute about a third of the original, as her diaries were edited after her death by her youngest daughter Princess Beatrice, at Queen Victoria’s request. Who burned Queen Victoria’s diaries? daughter Princess BeatriceQueen […]

There could be as many as 70 or 80 pupils in one class, especially in cities. The teachers were very strict. What was it like in a Victorian classroom? The windows in a Victorian classroom were high up (to stop pupils looking out of the window) and the rooms were lit by gaslights. As a […]

The beverages are . 5% alcohol by volume, but classified as soft drinks and consumable by children—you don’t taste the alcohol. It’s the only botanically brewed and fermented beverage available in the U.S. What is in Victorian Lemonade? Carbonated Water, lemon Juice from Concentrate (19%), fermented ginger root extract (water, glucose syrup, ginger root, pear […]

THE GOTHIC, SENSATION FICTION, AND MELODRAMA Although different kinds of realism (see below) dominated the novel in the Victorian period, the eighteenth-century tradition of the Gothic lived on, particularly in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847). How many types of Victorian novels are there? The Victorian novel can be divided in three groups: 1) Early Victorian […]

Important Victorian inventions in the 19th century included the photograph, the radio, post boxes, petrol cars and X-rays. Christmas cards were also a Victorian invention — another fun fact for KS2 students! What did the Victorians invent? These included the invention of safe, electric light bulbs, public flushing toilets and the phonograph (which recorded the […]