VICTORIAN AGE

that period of English history which occurred during the rule of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901). It was characterized as very respectable and religious in a formal way that sometimes only pretended to be good and pure (especially in matters of sex). —ESTO - Handling Personnel, Part I Approved Glossary

a period of social conditions similar to those in England during the reign or time of Queen Victoria (1837@1901), characterized by prudishness, bigotry, and conventionality. And people have said, "Well, they're really entering their Victorian Age," and I imagine that they are. - A Review of Study (22 Sept. 64) that period of English history which occurred during the rule of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901). It was characterized as very respectable and religious in a formal way that sometimes only pretended to be good and pure (especially in matters of sex).

the period in English history during the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901, the longest reign in English history. This was a period of industrial progress and colonial expansion, when Great Britain was the most powerful nation in the world. The British population more than doubled, the country was connected by a network of railways and roads, the telegraph and telephone came into use and the middle class enjoyed unprecedented prosperity. The British Empire, which began in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with the establishment of colonies in North America, expanded rapidly during this period. Reaching its greatest extent at the end of the Victorian Age, it included Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, large portions of Africa and many smaller territories throughout the world. And people have said, "Well, they're really entering their Victorian Age," and I imagine that they are. -A Review of Study (22 Sept. 64)