iates them from their immediate predecessors, the Romantics". (Cooke, 1949)
             The technological revolution the Victorians' were born into was a violently disturbing period. It was a world divided into the rich and the poor. People were judged by their social standing and wealth. As most would say, it is a age of paradox and power. This not always looking towards a negative point of view. The Victorians created many solutions to problems. Man created new means of bettering himself and his environment.
             The operation of the steam engine to machinery early in the nineteenth century had drawn millions of people from rural areas to work in factories. Many new industries sprung up as people applied the steam engine to new uses. The employers belonged to the great middle class that arose during the Industrial Revolution, when the continent got mixed up in the great Napolic wars. Life of the middle class and working class were very different. This was a big difference in economic comfort between the two classes.
             Technical progress transformed Britain into a land of mechanical and industrial activity. This period also saw a trend toward free trade. This aided by the 1849 recall of the Navigation Act and a system of administrative regulation was gradually established. Women at the start of this age were victims of social manipulation; they had arranged marriages, and no career possibilities. This continued on though out most
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