Victorian literature Victorian literature Victorian literature is literature, mainly written in English, during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901) (the Victorian era). It was preceded by Romanticism and followed by the Edwardian era (1901–1910). While in the preceding Romantic period, poetry had been the dominant genre, it was the novel that was most important in the Victorian period. Charles Dickens (1812–1870) dominated the first part of Victoria's reign: his first novel, "The Pickwick Papers", was published in 1836, and his last "Our Mutual Friend" between 1864–5. William Thackeray's (1811–1863) most famous work "Vanity Fair" appeared in 1848, and the three Brontë sisters,
History of Portsmouth F.C. club - but the efforts failed. When Portsmouth Town were formed, or and how they ended are unclear. Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) F.C. were a late Victorian era amateur football team formed by soldiers of the Portsmouth regiment of the Royal Artillery arm of the British Army. In the 1890s, Portsmouth as well as having an important Royal Navy base, was also an army garrison town. Portsmouth hosted several barracks of the British army within it, including the Royal Artillery. Their officers were based at Cambridge Barracks on the High Street in Old Portsmouth, while the lower ranking men were based