Victorian period: definition, features and costums.

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Victorian period Definition, features and costums

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Presentation about features and costums of Victorian period.

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Victorian periodDefinition, features and costums

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Victorian period is known as reign of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1900).

Several changes: from politics until society.

Definition

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The sun never sets on the British Empire.

Features: British Empire

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Capitalist system

Industrial Revolution◦ Carbon◦ Iron◦ Steel◦ Textile

◦ Railway

Features: economy

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Features: societyUpper-class

Middle-class

Lower-class

Politicians, priests and company’s owners

Doctors and lawyers

Company’s workers

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Social Roles

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Costums

Tea Plenty breakfast

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Costums

Valentine’s Day Language of the flowers

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Curiosities

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Superstitions

Curiosities

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Thomas Cook

Curiosities

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Curiosities

Ice-cream cone

Deck chairs

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Oscar Wilde

Charles DickensEmily Brönte

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