They were in a way the victorians' greatest innovation.

從某種意義上看 它們是維多利亞時期最偉大的變革

Victorian artists had charted an extraordinary journey.

維多利亞時期的藝術家們 繪制了一組非凡的歷史畫卷

It became the focus of all the victorians' deepest fears.

這里成為維多利亞時期 所有民眾惶恐的焦點

Victorian london was a tale of two cities.

維多利亞時期的倫敦 上演著兩個極端

Victorian lines, but fabric of a working town.

維多利亞時代的服裝輪廓 配上工業小鎮的布料

Victorian spiritualists, hippie kids in the desert.

維多利亞時代的招魂巫師 荒漠中的嬉皮士

But over time, the victorians had confronted the great change that was upon them.

但隨著歷史演進 維多利亞時期的民眾 實現了歷史賦予他們的變革使命

The omnibus threw all classes together, an irresistible prospect for victorian artists.

公共汽車讓所有階層的人坐到了一起 這對維多利亞時期藝術家而言 是極為誘人的創作選材

By the end of the century, the victorians were making 300 million bus journeys every year.

至19世紀末 維多利亞時代的交通流量 已達每年3億班次公車

Victorians believed that, but the plain fact is, then as now, most of us lead urban or suburban lives.

維多利亞時期人堅持這種觀點 但事實是 現在 多數人過著城市與鄉村結合的生活