VictorianEraOutlineINTRODUTIONVictorianAge(1830-1901)alongperiodofprosperity:EVENTS1832ReformBill（修正法案）1836-1848TheChartistMovement（宪章运动）1837AccessionofQueenVictoriatothethrone1840NewZealandbecameaBritishcolony,throughtheTreatyofWaitangi.（怀唐伊条约）1842TheMinesActTheIllustratedLondonNewswasfirstpublished.大家有疑问的，可以询问和交流1845TheIrishfaminebegins.1848Deathofaround2,000peopleaweekinacholeraepidemic.1851TheGreatExhibition（万国工业博览会）1854CrimeanWar:TheUnitedKingdomdeclaredwaronRussia.1857TheIndianMutiny（印军哗变）1859CharlesDarwinpublishedTheOriginofSpecies,whichledtovariousreactions.1867TheConstitutionAct,1867passesandBritishNorthAmericabecomesDominionofCanada.1878TreatyofBerlin(1878).CyprusbecameaCrowncolony.1870-1891UndertheElementaryEducationAct1870,basicStateEducationbecamefreeforeverychildundertheageof10.1901QueenVictoriadied,EdwardbegantheEdwardianeraVictorianEraEconomyIndustrialRevolutionIndustrialRevolutionColonialExpansionColonialExpansionSocietyFactorysystemWomenandfamilylifeStandersoflivingUrbanizationFactorysystemAyoung"drawer"pullingacoaltubalongaminegallery.InBritainlawspassedin1842and1844improvedmineworkingconditions.WomenandfamilylifeStandersofliving2.HousingTheconditionswasmuchimproved.(Althoughtherearestillsomepeoplelivedbadly)3.ClothingandconsumergoodsConsumersbenefitedfromfallingpricesforclothingandhouseholdarticlesUrbanizationVictorianeraTheVictoriannovelistsThecharacteristicsoftheVictoriannovelsare:Theplotisunfoldedagainstasocialbackgroundwhichisbroaderthanwhatithadbeeninpreviousnovels.TheplotdrawsmaterialsfromsocietyandrelatestheminsuchawaythattheVictoriannovelistsreflectthecomplexityofhumanrelationsinacapitalistsocietyandrevealthewriters’attitudestowardsthesociety.TheVictorianPoetsTheliteraryachievementsoftherepresentativeauthorsofthetimeTheRepresentativeAuthorsoftheVictorianTimeI．CharlesDickens2)Hisartistictechniques:（1）Hischiefcontributiontoliteraturewashischaracterizationoftheunderdogsandunprivileged（2）Inhisc