Abstract
This chapter explores how consumerism and leisure transformed Victorian Britain in Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain (2006), by Judith Flanders. Consuming Passions covers virtually everything people spent money and leisure on — holidays, shopping, music, fairs, theatres, peep shows, circuses, art, books, newspapers, racing, football and, at the period's end, the perilous thrills of cycling. The chapter also considers the various historical forces at work in shaping views on leisure and pleasure in the Victorian era. It looks at the accomplishments of Henry Cole in bringing about significant changes in Victorian leisure. Technological advancements such as railways and print technology only served to bring pleasure — once the purview of the rich — to the masses.
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