The LitCritToolKit
How was the activity of walking viewed in Victorian England? Were there specific views on women walking alone? |
Would Bessie have been a real nurse, a governess or a housekeeper or all three? What role did such women play in family life? |
What were the dining habits of the Victorians? What social significance did entertaining guests have? |
What kind of Victorian families would have had a drawing-room? Which class? How much income? How big would such houses have been? |
What kind of books were being read and which would have been owned? What were the rates of literacy? |
What level of literacy would most girls have had in Victorian England? How were women readers perceived, both by others and by themselves? Was reading ever a political or transgressive act? |
Did this book exist, and if so, how many copies were sold, who published it, and what cultural connotations could it have for a reader contemporary to this text? |
How much was known at the time about these countries and places? What views were held and how accurate were they? |