"We have long passed the Victorian era, when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby."
W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)

 

 

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The Victorian era (strictly, 1837-1901) of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. Although commonly used to refer to the period of Queen Victoria's rule between 1837 and 1901, scholars debate whether the Victorian period—as defined by a variety of sensibilities and political concerns that have come to be associated with the Victorians—actually begins with the passage of the Reform Act 1832. The era was preceded by the Regency era and succeeded by the Edwardian period.