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Link British Library Victorian Britain site

Discover historical sources and articles written by experts that reveal the everyday reality of living in Victorian Britain. The Victorian period...

Victorian, Victorian Culture, victorian history view
Image collection french cartoon on victorian imperialisn

A French cartoon satirising the supposed duplicity of British interests in Africa, from 1898.

(my photo)

Queen Victoria, Victorian Culture, Victorian England, victorian history, Scramble for Africa view
Image collection victorian sweatshops

A punch cartoon from 1849 illustrating the hidden realities of contemporary sweat shops.

(Author's Photo)

Victorian Culture, Victorian England, Queen Victoria, 19th century, victorian history view
Image collection fear of urban crime

'The Shadow of a Great City', cartoon from People magazine, 1902, reflecting popular fear of urban crime, in the immediate aftermath of the...

Victorian England, Victorian Culture, victorian history, satire, cartoons, Crime view
Document Kipling & the Anglo-Indian Experience

Extracts from 'Baa Baa Black Sheep', Kipling's classic story of the divided and sometimes traumatized identity of British children born in India...

Queen Victoria, victorian history, 19th century, Victorian Culture, kipling view
Document Domesticity & Leisure - some key themes

Some Key Themes from this unit

Nineteenth century, Victorian England, Victorian Culture, victorian history, 19th century view
Document PRB art & commerce

A brief look at the issue of art and commerce and the surrounding tensions within the PRB

19th century, Victorian Culture, Victorian England, victorian history, PRB view
Document Victoria and her Prime Ministers

Brief extracts from the Queen's diaries, commenting on her relationship with key Prime Ministers

Nineteenth century, Queen Victoria, victorian history, disraeli, gladstone, Victorian England view
Document Politics & class Key Themes

Some key themes from week 3 of the course

19th century, Queen Victoria, Victorian Culture, Victorian England, victorian history view
Document Jack the Ripper

The first of the so-called Ripper letters to be received by the police

Victorian England, victorian history, Victorian Culture, Nineteenth century, Crime, Jack the Ripper view
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