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The late Victorian period saw the rise of capitalism and materialism, when people began to value money more than education, family or culture.

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Arthur Rackham’s illustrations for children’s books

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W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan wrote popular light operas or operettas, similar to the zarzuelas of Spain, with dialogue, singing, music, dancing and costumes.

In the following link you will be able to listen the opera and watch part of how is it that Gilbert and Sullivan worked: https://youtu.be/kTLKD9ivpr8

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Francis James Child traveled through the British Isles asking old people in rural areas to sing their traditional ballads so that he could write down the words and melodies. He collected 305 British ballads with numerous variations of each one, some from as early as the medieval period. These ancient songs would later appear in 20th century symphonies or in rock arrangements by modern bands.

Here is a link where you can find a piece of his songs: https://youtu.be/9NfHOzy_x94

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- The English composer Sir Edward Elgar wrote patriotic music such as Pomp and Circumstance, later made into a patriotic song called “Land of Hope and Glory”.

Here is a link where you can find Sir Edward Elgar’s Pomp and circumstance music: https://youtu.be/moL4MkJ-aLk

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Literature  became more realistic, too. Authors began to ridicule the excessive sentimentality of the Romantic period. Sarcasm and humor replaced melancholy and passion. Intelligence and wit characterize much writing of this period.

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He wrote comic plays making fun of the customs and upper-class accents of the English aristocracy.

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Sherlock Holmes, the famous protagonist of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories, is a rational machine with absolutely no sentiment or romance in him.

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Irish author Oscar Wilde wrote brilliant comedies for the theater, but also the profoundly psychological fantasy novel The Picture of Dorian Grey, as well as beautiful and sensitive short stories for children.

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Author of The Jungle Book and other colonial novels, stories and poems.

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In the following video it is well explained how was literature in this period: https://youtu.be/nllDcnfoH5A

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Literature in the Victorian Era | A Historical Overview

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In the following video there is an explanation of who were the most known women novelist in this period.
https://youtu.be/-o_qWJIvZgQ

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Women Novelists of the Victorian Period | Women Novelists of  the Victorian Age