The Victorian Age was a time when literary ideals shifted from the admiration .

             and infatuation with nature to the safe stricken world of moralistic ideals and family .

             values. People had grown tiresome of the Romantic rebellion writers and artists of the .

             late eighteenth century and craved stability and comfort. The striking difference between .

             novelists of the romantic era compared to the Victorian Era is the unexpectedness and .

             mysterious aspect the romantics held. Victorian writers, known for their grace and .

             continuity when conducting literary works, play it on the safer side. This type of .

             approach appeals to most audiences and keeps the readers feeling comforted and at ease. .

             One of the most highly regarded novels of the Victorian Age, "A Christmas Carol" .

             by Charles Dickens, is a prime example of storytelling that emphasizes the lessons that .

             should be learned in life around a time when all people are expected to practice humility, .

             charity, and love; Christmas. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? .

             You're poor enough(Dickens 7). The novel kicks off with the introduction of the .

             grumpy, irritable, and pessimistic character Scrooge who seeks no connection to the .

             outside world due to his apparent negative attitude towards life. Losing his business .

             partner and dear friend Marley many years prior had caused him to slip into a permanent .

             coma from the outside world not allowing a single person into his solitary confinement.

             The novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, decades before Dickens .

             established "A Christmas Carol", has striking commonalities and differences that .

             highlight both of the polarizing literary eras they had separately been conducted in. .

             "Frankenstein" emphasizes a character that is being scorned and rejected from society on .

             account of his appearances. Ironically the monster famously described in the story wants .

             nothing more but to feel the love and admiration from his fellow human beings.