Then the reader can consider / debate to what extent we follow what our parents teach us and to what extent we rebel from all we are taught! These are the thoughts that went through my head. To understand them you need to know of their childhood experiences.
How their life exemplifies the era is extremely interesting. They had nine children! Look at this couple and you begin to see what the Victorian Era really means, but there are no easy answers. What are all the other adjectives associated with this era? How did these descriptions come to be tied to Victoria & Albert and why? Female submission? Double standards? Straight-laced behavior? Strict protocol? Morality or obsession with morality? And why exactly do we associate this all with hypocrisy and double-standards? Isn't morality good? Victoria and Albert must be viewed together. People who say they love Victorian literature, they simply have to be interested in the couple that created this life style - based on sexual morality, premarital chastity, conjugal fidelity and yes hypocrisy too. I feel this is the most important message of the entire book. She used the words "Albertian Era" it is not me that invented the phrase. I came to this conclusion and then the author said exactly that.
Actually this time period and all that it stands for should be called the "Albertian Era”! The book explains why. Any and everybody interested in the Victorian Era should read this book.
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