We are shown a reasonable idea of what life might have been like for some category of people living in Britain (or in areas suffused with British culture) in or around the reign of queen Victoria, i.e., 1837 to 1901.

Examples:
In tz1985e1x22b "Devil's Alphabet", we followed the lives of a friend group of Cambridge students for a few years after their graduation, some time in Victorian England.

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era