Victorian People and IdeasLife in the Victorian period, focusing on the social, religious, scientific, and artistic movements that characterized the age. |
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THE LONGEST REIGN 18371901 | 1 |
ACTORS AND AUDIENCE | 17 |
The Gentry and the Middle Class | 25 |
Copyright | |
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