{"product_id":"2026200010060-secondhand-the-victorian-frame-of-mind-1830-1870","title":"The Victorian Frame Of Mind: 1830-1870","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew works of intellectual history have so thoroughly illuminated an era as Walter E. Houghton's landmark study of Victorian thought. Spanning the pivotal decades between 1830 and 1870, this masterwork dissects the anxieties, aspirations, and contradictions that defined the minds of Victorian England — from the crisis of religious faith and the rise of industrial capitalism to the competing pulls of optimism and despair. Houghton charts with meticulous precision how the men and women of the era navigated a world in breathtaking transition, forging an ideology that was at once earnest, moralistic, and deeply conflicted.\n\nA cornerstone of Victorian studies since its initial publication, this volume argues with compelling authority that the Victorian frame of mind was not a monolith but a battleground of competing values — heroism versus doubt, tradition versus progress, sentiment versus reason. Houghton's prose is rigorous yet remarkably lucid, drawing on an extraordinary range of primary sources — letters, sermons, novels, and essays — to construct a portrait of an age that continues to haunt our own. For anyone seeking to understand the intellectual foundations of the modern world, this is essential, revelatory reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130627432667,"sku":"2026200010060-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3c2d02b1-6791-4913-bb3a-db60580379d1.png?v=1786587892","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010060-secondhand-the-victorian-frame-of-mind-1830-1870","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}