1. Reading and Writing Skills for Students of Literature in English: The Victorian Period Enric Monforte Jacqueline Hurtley Bill Phillips

2. Alfred Tennyson 1809-1892 Born in Lincolnshire, fourth of twelve children of George and Elizabeth (Fytche) Tennyson http://www.tellingtrails.co.uk/pages/individuals/tenny sonpicpages/tennyson.htm l

3. The success of his 1842 Poems made Tennyson a popular poet, and in 1845 he received a Civil List (government) pension of £200 a year, which helped relieve his financial difficulties; the success of "The Princess" and In Memoriam and his appointment in 1850 as Poet Laureate finally established him as the most popular poet of the Victorian era. from The Victorian Web http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/tennyson/tennybio.html http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/tennyson/tennybio.html Alfred, Lord Tennyson, detail of an oil painting by Samuel Laurence, c. 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. http://www.br itannica.com/ eb/art/print?i d=14747&art icleTypeId=1

4. By now Tennyson, only 41, had written some of his greatest poetry, but he continued to write and to gain in popularity. In 1853, as the Tennysons were moving into their new house on the Isle of Wight, Prince Albert dropped in unannounced. His admiration for Tennyson's poetry helped solidify his position as the national poet, and Tennyson returned the favor by dedicating The Idylls of the King to his memory. Prince Albert 1819-1861 http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki /Alberto_de_Sajonia- Coburgo

5. Queen Victoria later summoned him to court several times, and at her insistence he accepted his title, having declined it when offered by both Disraeli and Gladstone. William Gladstone 1809-1898 PM 1868-74,1880- 86, 1892-94 Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881 PM 1868, 1874-80 Queen Victoria 1819-1901 Queen 1837-1901 http://upload.wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons /8/8a/Melville_- _Queen_Victoria.jpg http://akvis.com/en/coloriag e-tutorial/william- gladstone.php http://www.englishmon archs.co.uk/images/ha nover/tn_benjamin_dis raeli.gif

6. “The Charge of the Light Brigade” Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! "Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred http://www. batteryb.co m/Crimean _War/docu ments/char ge_of_the_l ight_brigad e.jpg http://www.britishbattles.com/crimean- war/balaclava/balaclava.jpg http://www.pin etreeweb.com /13th-trooper- balavlava.jpg