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Edwardian Age

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Definition:

The Edwardian Age was named after King Edward VII, and this brief epoch lasts from the end of Queen Victoria's reign until the outbreak of World War I (the Great War).
Examples:

Authors from the Edwardian Age includ: James Barrie, Arnold Bennett, Joseph Conrad, Ford Maddox Ford, John Galsworthy, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Noyes, Arthru Symons, and H.G. Wells.
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