The Victorian Era, the reign of Queen Victoria from her coronation on 20 June 1837 to her death on 22 January 1901, is known as a long period of peace, prosperity and national pride for the British Empire.

It was a bold transition from the Georgian era, largely defined by logic, rationalism and a progression towards romanticism and mysticism in religion, societal values and the arts.

In international relations, the Georgian era was widely regarded as a period of peace and Britain involved themselves in little external conflict.

Like Britain's Victorian era, the period was characterized by optimism, peace, advances in technology and scientific discoveries.

Other notable authors include the Brontë sisters: Anne, Charlotte, and Emily (who published works under male pseudonyms), George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans), Thomas Hardy, Lewis Carroll, George Gissing and Arthur Conan Doyle.

These stories, centering on larger-than-life characters, took place in castles, cemeteries and monasteries in rural England or Europe or in large cities (such as London).

Margaret's spinster aunt Laetitia Rowly moves in to help care for Stephen, who is dominant, assertive and free-thinking.

Two years later, Dr. Wolf dies of pneumonia and Squire Norman promises to raise Harold as if he were his own son.

Harold finds Leonard running out of the crypt and Stephen unconscious on the floor in front of a coffin.

Harold goes to Cambridge University and begins to fall in love with Stephen, who admires Leonard (though he is selfish and uninterested in her).

He refuses the Stonehouses' offer of a job, living in Alaska for two years before deciding to revisit the lonely Stephen (who has inherited a London mansion and a title, and whose sole confidante is an old woman known as the Silver Lady).

Stephen hears from Alice Stonehouse, who learned about Mr. Robinson's accident and planned to visit him with her family.

Pearl is confused by John's beard, but when the doctor removes his bandages she recognizes "the Man" and faints.

The Man is less popular than Stoker's best-known novel, Dracula, seldom discussed in literary journals and largely forgotten.