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Our Ancestors Were Big Readers !

Before the times of TV and radio our ancestors also
enjoyed being entertained. They never had the
technology and gadgets we have today to keep them
amused, however they had books. And for those who
could read and write, reading became a great passion
for the Victorian culture. <br>
The romantic works of Robert and Elizabeth
Barrett Browning encouraged many authors and
other poets in their writing. The Victorians demanded
a good story with a good plot, a range of characters
and they enjoyed the unexpected outcome of novel.
This brought to life many of our most classic authors
that we still read today, such as Charles Dickens,
Thomas Hardy, Charles Kingsley, Lewis Carrolls, The
Brontes, Jane Austin and George Eliot.<br>
The works of these authors give us a glimpse
of the times and the in many novels it gives you the
sensitivity of the times. In Thomas Hardy’s Tess of 
the d'Urbervilles the novel describes Tess the young
woman who is a victim to rape and how she is
despised by society after losing her virginity before
marriage, despite the fact that she was raped. No
one is supportive of Tess and even her family in
many ways seem to blame her.<br>
In George Eliots Daniel Deronda it describes
the different classes of people from the Jewish
community living in the slums of London to the
wealthy Daniel Deronda who was born Jewish but his
mother gave him up for adoption to provide him a
better life.
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