The world of Victorian writers 1837 - 1901-Victorian writers-Making sense of the tangible world--Characteristics of Victorian Britain--Travel, transport and communication--British expansionism--Education in Victorian England--Enclosure and the Agrarian Revolution--Female emancipation--Impact of industrialisation--The Great Exhibition, 1851--Town and country life--Urbanisation and the Suburbs-Making sense of the intangible world--Religion in Victorian England--Portrayal of women in literature--Attitudes to women as readers--Death and mourning in the Victorian era--Determinism and free will--English class and hierarchy Victorian writersCharlotte Brontë Biography Timeline Brontë's Jane Eyre text guide Charles Dickens Biography Timeline Dickens' Great Expectations text guide Thomas Hardy Biography Timeline Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles text guide Gerard Manley Hopkins Biography Timeline The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins text guide Christina Rossetti Biography Timeline The poetry of Christina Rossetti text guide