In the novels of Charlotte Bronte and Charles Dickens, realism is frequently used in scenes where the protagonist encounters challenging situations. In what ways does this represent a challenge to accepted 'norms' of the period?

MCQs on the ways in which the Victorian novel came to grapple with ideas and issues of that time period. And the methods by which the novels of this age represented (and intervened in) social, political, scientific, philosophical, and cultural concerns.