My Secret Life and the Victorian Era
The flower language played an important role during the Victorian Era
The Victorian era was an era of rapid change as the rural society turned into a urban society, it was also a time of contraditions.. A class system that permitted exploitation gave rise to a plethora of social movements, and phenomena such as child labour existed side by side with the widespread cultivation of an outward appearance of dignity and high morals.
Few people have a correct view of the morals of the Victorian viewers and even fewer do as an example know that Queen Victoria collected nude drawings of men while at the same time communication between lovers was so proscrived that courting couples communicated in clandestine ways such as by using the flower language. continue reading »
