the calls to repeal the high tariffs on imported grains tariffs known as the Corn Laws.In 1846 the law was cancelled and the way was paved for the introduction of Free trade.Although Free Trade did not eradicate the slums,but it helped to relieve the period's economic crisis. 2.the second period 1848-1870:economic prosperity and religious controversy:generally speaking this period was one of prosperity.On the whole the country's institution worked well.Even the war with Russia did not seriously affect the ⊙ sense of satisfaction that the challenging difficulties of 1840s had been solved or would be solved. In this period the novelists Dichens,Mrs.Gaskell,and George Eliot realistically exposed the darker side ofthe society. 3.the third period 1870-1901:As the century drew to its close and various moral values changed the ending decade the nineteenth century was marked by melancholy called a feeling of fin-de-fiecle. II.Cultural Background Changes in Ideology -Science and technology developed very fast.New inventions and discoveries in geology,astronomy,biology and anthropology drastically changed people'slife. 5the calls to repeal the high tariffs on imported grains, tariffs known as the Corn Laws. In 1846 the law was cancelled and the way was paved for the introduction of Free trade. Although Free Trade did not eradicate the slums, but it helped to relieve the period’s economic crisis. 2. the second period 1848—1870: economic prosperity and religious controversy: generally speaking this period was one of prosperity. On the whole the country’s institution worked well. Even the war with Russia did not seriously affect the sense of satisfaction that the challenging difficulties of 1840s had been solved or would be solved. In this period the novelists Dichens, Mrs.Gaskell, and George Eliot realistically exposed the darker side of the society. 3. the third period 1870—1901：As the century drew to its close and various moral values changed the ending decade the nineteenth century was marked by melancholy called a feeling of fin-de-fiecle. II. Cultural Background Changes in Ideology - Science and technology developed very fast. New inventions and discoveries in geology, astronomy, biology and anthropology drastically changed people’s life. 10’ 5’