1847 Great English Hero

He woke up as the second son of a poor library man in London in 1847. This is the best of times and the worst of times. —But Edward Morris decided to define it in words. In this golden age of literature where Dickens, the Brontës, and Thackeray were all shining stars, he started out as an unknown drama commentator, tearing apart the gorgeous veil of the Victorian age with "Twilight", and using "I Accuse!" " Declares war on the entire ruling class. His words are both a mirror and a scalpel. He wants to use the power of literature to speak for those forgotten in the gutter in this most glorious era of the Empire on which the sun never sets. From libraries to reform clubs, from newspaper columns to parliamentary debates, the rise of a literary giant is a history of change in the Victorian era.