As the 19th century English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray said, “It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England”. What he meant by this is that during Victorian times, while every other class was fluctuating in power and influence, one could count on the middle class to be somewhat of a constant and sign of hope, as well as an example for what normalcy and a hopeful future could offer. During the Victorian Era, the success of the diverse middle-classes in the Victorian period was truly in their ability to, through various economic, political and social means, universalize a set of principles based on individuality and progress and establish themselves as an emerging powerhouse. All of these changes transformed both the aspirations and the value that the emerging Victorian Middle Class represented. Not only was there a split between the ‘big three’ classes of the Victorian Era, but in the midst of the Middle Class as well there were different variations of societies. As the author R.H. Gretton phrases it, the middle class was simply “in all probability, intentional and desirable, an admission of successful upward striving.” And the Middle Class strived to reach that ultimate point of success through various social, economic, and political aspects. The economic boundary of the Victorian Middle Class still has not been defined to its accuracy, as the diversity between the class itself was immense. Due to the Industrial Revolution, there were many more opportunities than ever before for people to gradually rise in class, a concept that had never existed in years prior. To give a sense of just how grand this variation was, both “a junior clerk in a city firm and a chairman of the board would be defined as being a part of the ‘middle-class’, despite the fact that the junior clerk made less than 100£ per year, while the statesman most