The story that John Ruskin set Turner's scandalous nude paintings on fire was accepted as truth, but centuries later, the ...

In the rising tide of Victorian morality, one female Londoner in every 16 became a whore; there were 6,000 brothels and about 80,000 prostitutes*(the Lancet’s estimate). Dickens installed his ...

In a wide-ranging talk with The New York Times, Dolnick talked about Victorian morality, the appeal of the unknown and human smugness. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

One of the loveliest things about George Eliot’s life is the calm confidence with which she slays the dragonish norm-keepers of Victorian morality. She wrote to her brother’s lawyer with ...

THE morals of the British have always intrigued and baffled foreigners. For centuries, Europeans visiting that cold, controlled country have discovered to their amazement—and frequent envy ...

It’s true that the word “virtue,” with connotations of self-sacrifice and Victorian morality, can be rather off-putting. Yet, for many ancient Greeks and Romans—Plato, Aristotle ...

The Supreme Court on April 27 said the ancient all-inclusive culture of India, which accepted same sex love, was stifled by the imposition of Victorian morality by the British Raj. Chief Justice ...

India’s inclusive culture accepting of same-sex love was stifled by the imposition of Victorian morality under British colonialism, according to the chief justice of the country’s Supreme Court.