摘要：The Victorian era has been defined as a time of extremes and contradictions un-der a veneer of balance and respectabil-ity. Whilst there were many evils like child labour, poverty, prostitution, and unemployment due to a population explosion combined with immigration, there was also tremendous technological pro-gress. Major developments revolutionized trav-el, industry and communications. The railways in particular, but also steam ships, cars and later aircrafts which allowed people to travel cheap-ly and rapidly. Inventions such as the telegraph, telephone, camera, as well as the introduction of the first postage stamp which standardised post-age, made the world seem smaller. Yet while com-munication became more rapid and easy, there was a significant reduction in the amount of topics considered acceptable to talk about. Victorian eti-quette was characterized by the outward appear-ance of dignity and restraint, a major contrast from the looser morality of its Georgian predecessor. Tony Perrottet, author of 'The Sinners Grand Tour', notes that in this period of sexual hysteria many objects and written sources were destroyed in order
