Eliot doesn't write their speeches in dialect because Victorian readers expected major characters to use standard English.

Victorian readers enjoyed it as a good adventure story like many others, but it would not reach its iconic legendary status until later in the 20th century when film versions began to appear.

This unsettled Victorian readers because it indicated that the concepts of "the perfect lady/mother" and "domestic bliss" were more idealistic than realistic.

Despite its widespread appeal among the Victorian readers, the popularity of Keble's The Christian Year quickly faded in the twentieth century.

To Victorian readers, the fact that he's a Jew would have indicated that he was greedy, alienated, and unsympathetic.

The fantasy of She received particular acclaim from Victorian readers and critics.

These sold for 1 shilling apiece, which was within the affordable price range of most Victorian readers.

As Gould described to his Victorian reader, as yet unacquainted with this most common and popular of pets.