Victorian Web
Brown University: The Victorian Web
This is a comprehensive resource on literary, philosophical, religious, scientific and technological advancements of the Victorian age. Learn about famous Victorian authors, literary genres and more.
Other
Eras of Elegance: The Victorian Era (1837 1901)
Gives an overview of the Victorian era, and information on what distinguishes it from other periods in history. Covers religion and spirituality, advances in science and technology, the arts, fashion, food, sports, and leisure pastimes....
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: French Revolution
Website on Victorian era history outlines the history of the French Revolution.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum: Victorian Dress at the V&a
Learn about the fashions worn by the various social classes during the Victorian era. Includes information on popular styles and textiles, along with a collection of images.
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Interactive Journey: Travel Back to Victorian London
Travel back in time to the Victorian era in this interactive journey to help Ruby & Michael search for Sam, their missing dog. While you are searching, you can learn about Victorian life by examining the objects in the house,...
Utah Education Network
Uen: What Makes the Writer Write?
This activity engages learners in reading and research related to the Victorian Era. Students will analyze this time period's influence on the writings of Charles Dickens. Then learners will analyze how today's authors incorporate social...
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Victorians Inventions
Try to identify the inventions form the Victorian era, and then learn more about each discovery.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Victorian Era
The material objects, buildings, and texts arranged in this primary source set illustrate the variety of Victorian design while revealing some of the unique cultural characteristics of the period.
Project Britain
Primary Homework Help: The Victorians: Inventions
Find out about several major developments that made travel, communications, and trade easier for many people during the Victorian period.
Other
Gaslight: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
This uncompleted novel by Charles Dickens is reproduced here in its 1912 edition. The thorough transcription indicates the revisions that both Dickens and his executor made. Be sure to read the message about copyright and permissions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The New Woman
This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Woman ideal.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Portal site to information about the life and work the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861). As a Victorian era feminist, she wrote about women's issues, which figure prominently in "Aurora Leigh." Includes relevant political and...
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Victorians
A look into life during the Victorian Era! Learn about the clothing, inventions, plants, and much more about life during this time period in England.
BBC
Bbc: Victorian Britain
An interactive, diverse site that provides the student with lots of great information about Britain during the Victorian era. Discover the Victorian way of life through narrative, pictures, and games.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Golden Fleece by Julian Hawthorne
This is the full text of the novel The Golden Fleece by Julian Hawthorne, a combination romance, adventure, metaphysical and mystery from the Victorian era by the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Puritan
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this Victorian era neo-classically inclined bronze sculpture "The Puritan" by the American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The sculpture is presented as an enlargeable image with a description and lonks...
Indiana University
Indiana University: Victorian Women Writers Project
This is the place to find works by a variety of women writers of the Victorian age. Be sure to scroll down to the "Proceed to the collection," button to access the work.
BBC
Bbc History: History Trails: Victorian Britain: Ideals of Womanhood
The author explores how the status and place of women in Victorian England changed over the course of the 19th century. Women became much more active in service and mission type work. In addition, early feminism has its roots in this...
Other
Hampshire Schools: Victorian Inventions
Find out about some important inventions from the Industrialized Victorian Era.
PBS
Pbs: The 1900 House
PBS transports a modern family back to 1900 so that we may learn, from their experience, what daily life was like at the turn of the twentieth century.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Biography of Anthony Trollope
This Bibliomania website features a biographical sketch of the Victorian era author Anthony Trollope. Links are provided to full-text selections from Trollope's works.
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: Victorians: Investigate a Victorian Painting
Young scholars studying the Victorian Age can dig into the details depicted in a painting from the era. Enhance study with utlization of the additional activities and timeline provided.
Project Britain
Primary Homework Help: The Victorians: Inventions Timeline
An organized timeline featuring major developments and inventions that made travel, communications, and trade easier for many people during Queen Victoria's reign.
Sacred Text Archive
"Stories From the Faerie Queene" by Mary Macleod
This is a Victorian era retelling of Edmund Spenser's "Faerie Queen." Useful for getting a grip on the plot, or for comparison of language.