I really enjoyed reading Alfred Tennyson's, Lady of Shalott this week. I have studied it in the past and it continues to be one of my favourite texts from the Victorian era. I was surprised to learn that the actual poem was published twenty-five years before it was actually illustrated by the numerous artists. I do believe that it impacted the overall reception of the poem as by the time it was illustrated, there was a growing middle class in England and an increased demand for domesticated artwork through books.