Britain in the 1900's

In the 1900s England was moving forward, expanding outward, and pushing the boundaries of technologies. Steam power transformed Greater Britain into a economic power and changed the lives of everyone. Trains began to run from city to city, crisscrossing England, providing a way to get out from London and visit the countrysides, and vise versa. Factories popped up everywhere, and soon all members of the population were working and learning new trades. Britain began to continue solidify her overseas holdings as well as expanding her influence on other nations and places. Britain was Growing on the world scene.
The first key thing that changed literature in Britain was the Train. while traveling one wanted things to do, watching the countryside fly by was only so interesting for so long. small novellas and magazine issues and newspapers skyrocketed in popularity. This created a demand for many new types of literature, mystery, romances, completely changing the literature in this era. Just imagine and era where bookstores sat on every corner and in every station. Libraries sprang up in almost every block, where printing presses hardly slowed at night, rushing to keep up the demand. This is a world I wish that I could have lived.