life in Victorian Britain theme
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.
13 total · 1 choice · 9 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Around the World in 80 Days (1956) | choice | The story offers a whirlwind tour of the British Empire, or an imagination thereof, as it was in 1872. Mr. Fogg visited Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong, and of course, various places in England proper. |
| movie: At the Earths Core (1976) | major | The film was set in this time and place. |
| movie: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 I) | major | The film was set in Victorian London. |
| movie: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) | major | The story was set in Victorian London. |
| movie: First Men in the Moon (1964) | major | A trio of Victorian-era English-people went to the Moon using anti-gravity technology. |
| movie: How Green Was My Valley (1940) | major | The story explores life in a Welsh mining community during the late Victorian era. |
| movie: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) | major | We saw a quaint and stereotyped depiction of life in what one presumes to be Victorian London. |
| sherlock-special-01 | major | Much of the story is set in 1985 London. |
| tftc1989e7x10 | major | The story is set in what was probably Victorian England. |
| tz1985e1x22b | major | The story followed a group of young Cambridge students in Victorian England form a group called The Devil's Alphabet Society. |