How Does The Woman In White Have An Impact On Victorian Literature

By the title from this literature that was developed during the reign of Queen Victoria, this famous literature is known as the Victorian Era Literature. Novels from that era idealized the portrayal of difficult lives. Indeed, such is shown in the novels “The Woman in White” and “Dracula”. The literature in this period was introduced by romanticism. Then, it was followed by modernism. Actually, it can also be called a union of romantic and realistic style of writing. In fact, literacy increased during this time that it got about half the male population could read and some what write in 1831. Literacy basics became universal by the end of the 19th century. Besides literature there were many other impacts on the Victorian Period. Such as, communism, socialism, capitalism, educational rights, and different changes in both men and women. The Victorian has an impact on the novel “The Woman in White”. For example, capitalism, I choose this as an example because I believe in this novel that the government does not have many regulations to the characters. The characters in this novel have control of their properties, money, resources, etc. Furthermore, they are free to do whatever they want with their belongings, and this novel shows the characters doing just that. Next, we have the Law of Coverture. This law states that when a woman is married her husband has full control of his wife’s personal property and income. After all, you can see this with the married couple, Lady Glyde