Describe the social background of Victorian era in 19th century in England

Please go through the introductory paragraph of A Tale of
Two Cities by Dickens to get the answer of your question. It
begins--

'It was the best of times,it was the worst of
times------------'

Secondly,Tennyson's In memoriam will
provide you a few unique Quotes on the Topic--such as

"Man
for the field,women for the hearth;

Man to till and for the
needle she:

Man to command and women to
obey

-----All else
confusion.

Then again,Thomas Hardy's novels,poems and
stories like -----Tess,Return of the Native,The Darkling Thrush,The Withered Arm,The
distracted Preacher etc. will give you the exact picture of the social background of the
Victorian Era in England.