The Victorian Era is characterized by the expanding horizons of education and literacy, as well as by an increased desire of the people to question religion and politics. This era also marks a time of great economic growth, technological discovery, and industrialization. The influence of literature became more prevalent in society as reading evolved into a social pastime indicated by the increasing literacy rate.
At the era’s beginning in 1837, it is estimated that approximately half of the adult male population was literate to a certain degree. Because of the new practices, compulsory education and technological advances in printing resulting in widely available reading materials, standard literacy was more or less universal by the end of the century.
Here below is a set of amazing photos that shows people with books during Victorian era.
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