The Victorians Audiobook Libro.fm

The Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago but the Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world Contemporary Britain is still in large part Victorian in its transport networks sewage systems streets and houses Victorian cultural legacies especially in art science and literature are still celebrated Much mythologized inexhaustibly controversial the Victorians are an inescapable reference point for understanding the modern histories not just of Britain and its empire but of the world

In The Victorians A Very Short Introduction Martin Hewitt offers a guide through the thickets of judgement and debate which have grown around the period and its people to offer a historical overview of the Victorians and their legacies Beyond ideology what was Victorian Britain actually like DS and in particular what was distinctive about it Who were the Victorians DS not just the eminent few but the population as a whole And finally how far and with what results did the Victorians and their culture spread across the globe

In answering these questions Hewitt cautions against some longheld orthodoxies throws a light on some less wellknown aspects of the period and urges the importance of understanding the Victorians on their own terms if we are to effectively engage with their legacies