--- title: "13 Victorian England Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Victorian England quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Victorian England sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/harold-schechter-33974_quote_largely-because-of-its-emphasis-on-gore_986109.jpg" --- > [“Largely because of its emphasis on gore, the Illustrated Police News had the highest circulation of any publication in Victorian England.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-schechter/largely-because-of-its-emphasis-on-gore-the-illustrated-police-news/) [Harold Schechter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-schechter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/harold-schechter-33974_quote_largely-because-of-its-emphasis-on-gore_986109.jpg) > [People always imagine that the whole of Victorian England was sitting around reading Alice in Wonderland - in fact only a tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rosen/people-always-imagine-that-the-whole-of-victorian-england-was-sitting/) [Michael Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rosen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/michael-rosen-4765_always_people-always-imagine-that-the-whole-of_2545177.png) > [“She didn't want to encourage me by asking questions. She didn't want me to go deeper into that other world. She worried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-jones/she-didn-t-want-to-encourage-me-by-asking-questions-she-didn-t-want/) [Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/lloyd-jones-20724_asking-questions_she-didn-t-want-to-encourage-me-by-askin_369456.png) > [Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/like-sex-in-victorian-england-the-reality-of-big-business-today-is/) [Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/ralph-nader-1783_big-business_like-sex-in-victorian-england-the-realit_3112290.png) > [“If we were in Victorian England I would have called him dashing;but, since we lived in the 21st century I would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/if-we-were-in-victorian-england-i-would-have-called-him-dashing-but/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/penny-reid-1063_quote_if-we-were-in-victorian-england-i-would_968044.jpg) > [In Victorian England, people were told they should discourage their wives from reading because it would lead them into all sorts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-bailey/in-victorian-england-people-were-told-they-should-discourage-their/) [Marion Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-bailey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/marion-bailey-76892_because_in-victorian-england-people-were-told-th_1192039.jpg) > [“Even Karl Marx, who spent more than three decades living in Victorian England, acknowledged the rise in British workers' living standards between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/even-karl-marx-who-spent-more-than-three-decades-living-in-victorian/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/thomas-sowell-247_life_even-karl-marx-who-spent-more-than-three_753809.jpg) > [In California we froze property taxes, school size increased, test scores declined, and there was a massive middle-class white flight to private…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hass/in-california-we-froze-property-taxes-school-size-increased-test/) [Robert Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/robert-hass-3548_california_in-california-we-froze-property-taxes-sc_2309837.png) > [Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/then-years-back-when-i-moved-to-california-i-happened-to-see-a-book/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/anonymous-1_19th-century_then-years-back-when-i-moved-to-californ_36546.jpg) > [“The term railway was to Victorian England what atomic or aerodynamic were to be after World War II, and network and virtual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bookstaber/the-term-railway-was-to-victorian-england-what-atomic-or-aerodynamic/) [Richard Bookstaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bookstaber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/richard-bookstaber-41805_railway_the-term-railway-was-to-victorian-englan_3074421.jpg) > [“Jill, a comprehensive school teacher in her early thirties, has put her dark past behind her to become a lady in control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hunter/jill-a-comprehensive-school-teacher-in-her-early-thirties-has-put-her/) [Jan Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hunter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/jan-hunter-171308_historical_jill-a-comprehensive-school-teacher-in-h_2151356.jpg) > [“Yet there was always in me, even when I was very small, the sense that I ought to be somewhere else. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/yet-there-was-always-in-me-even-when-i-was-very-small-the-sense-that/) [Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/anna-quindlen-467_books_yet-there-was-always-in-me-even-when-i-w_54337.png) > [“James and the other eight children of 'Superior Dosset,' of whom there are still five alive, may be said to have represented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-galsworthy/james-and-the-other-eight-children-of-superior-dosset-of-whom-there/) [John Galsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-galsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/john-galsworthy-4232_money_james-and-the-other-eight-children-of-su_247378.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/victorian-england/#itemlist", "name": "Victorian England Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Largely because of its emphasis on gore, the Illustrated Police News had the highest circulation of any publication in Victorian England.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harold Schechter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-schechter/largely-because-of-its-emphasis-on-gore-the-illustrated-police-news/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/harold-schechter-33974_quote_largely-because-of-its-emphasis-on-gore_986109.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/harold-schechter-33974_quote_largely-because-of-its-emphasis-on-gore_986109.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/harold-schechter-33974_quote_largely-because-of-its-emphasis-on-gore_986109.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Largely because of its emphasis on gore, the Illustrated Police News had the highest circulation of any…” — Harold Schechter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People always imagine that the whole of Victorian England was sitting around reading Alice in Wonderland - in fact only a tiny minority ever did.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Rosen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rosen/people-always-imagine-that-the-whole-of-victorian-england-was-sitting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/michael-rosen-4765_always_people-always-imagine-that-the-whole-of_2545177.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/michael-rosen-4765_always_people-always-imagine-that-the-whole-of_2545177.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/michael-rosen-4765_always_people-always-imagine-that-the-whole-of_2545177.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People always imagine that the whole of Victorian England was sitting around reading Alice in Wonderland…” — Michael Rosen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She didn't want to encourage me by asking questions. 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When it came to investments, the romantic appeal of being a party to this technological revolution often dominated profit considerations.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Bookstaber" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bookstaber/the-term-railway-was-to-victorian-england-what-atomic-or-aerodynamic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/richard-bookstaber-41805_railway_the-term-railway-was-to-victorian-englan_3074421.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/richard-bookstaber-41805_railway_the-term-railway-was-to-victorian-englan_3074421.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/richard-bookstaber-41805_railway_the-term-railway-was-to-victorian-englan_3074421.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The term railway was to Victorian England what atomic or aerodynamic were to be after World War II, and…” — Richard Bookstaber", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Jill, a comprehensive school teacher in her early thirties, has put her dark past behind her to become a lady in control of her own life. Successful in her career, soon to be divorced and with no emotional ties, she is content. Except that one morning, while trying to find work for a recalcitrant Year 9 class, she finds herself in a dark and murky street in Victorian England. The image soon disappears and she is back in the classroom, but the children she was teaching have gone and so has an hour of her life. Soon Jill finds herself living two parallel lives, one as a teacher and the other as a Victorian governess. 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And wander I did, although, in my everyday life, I had nowhere to go and no imaginable reason on earth why I should want to leave. The buses took to the interstate without me, the trains sped by. So I wandered the world through books. I went to Victorian England in the pages of 'Middlemarch' and 'A little Princess', and to Saint Petersburg before the fall of the tsar with 'Anna Karenina'. 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