when was the victorian era
(reigned 1837 - 1901) This first issue of History in Focus looks at Victorian history and the resources available to study it. To find issues on other topics, go to our home page. article: an overview of the Victorian era by Anne Shepherd.
It’s important to notice that My Last Duchess is one of the poems that falls into this somewhat problematic in-between age. (For reference, you can think of the Victorian era as stretching from 1837-1901. At least, those are the years when Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.