Victorian Compromise

The victorians were great moralisers, they promoted reflected of the world not as harsh social
problem but the world as they would have liked it to be.
They believe that progress emerge from hard work infact they insist in the sens of duty to school.
School.
In this period were introduced a new concept as the idea of respectability that distinguished the
middle from the lower class. It was characterized also by the possession of good manners, beautiful
house, servants and charitable activity.
Also concept was the philanthropy that was used to every kind of poverty from the stray
children, drunken man and fallen women. Fallen woman were avoided by the society because the
Victorians has a stronge sense of chastity infact this single woman had a child without marriage
Also concept was the Sexuality was generally repressed in all form in fact they repressed the
nudity art and rejected sexual connotations from vocabulary.
Finally Patriotism during the victorias reign the british believe that in the racial hierarchy they
was the first and the races were divided from fundamental physical and intellectual difference in
fact some nations led others.
Finally the structure of family was patriarchal because the figure of father was dominant and he was
consideres as the source of discipline and his rule was imposed by God.
In this period emerge two movements one was known as Evangelicalism inspired by the
teachings of Wesley the evangelicals believe in
1) obedience of moral code established in Sunday Observance Bill in 1837
2) the importance of reading of Bible
3) dedication to humanitarian cause
The other movements was the utilitarianism based on the Benthams principles, this movement
interest the middle class and they believe that ony problem could be overcome though reason. This
movement was attacked by many intellectuals as charles dickens.
The Victorians novel
During the Victorian age there was a communion of interests and opinions. The writers began to
write in a various form as essays novels and verse and they published this work in periodicals. He
was obliged to maintain the interest of his story because else the readers not buy the periodical.
The novel became the most popular form of literature and entertainment thanks to the scientific
knowledge.
During the 18th century, the writers aimed at reflecting the social changes in fact this was reflected
on novels that tells about of the adventures of a social outcast or virtuous man.
The writers wrote about the society as they saw it exception for sentiments which offended current
morals as the concept of sex finally they had the duty of correct the vices of the society
Type of novels
Charles dickens novels were admired fot their combining of humour with sentimental. His novels
consists in the novels generally called humanitarian novel that we could divided in
realistic,fantastic and moral according their nature.
The novel of formation or education became very popular after the publication of David
Copperfield
The realistic novel finds its best representatives in Thomas hardy and George Eliot. While Eliot
focused on the psychological complexity, Thomas hardy was focused on the representative novel, in
his character there was the conflict between the traditions and progress. Stevensons was a typical
example