The two important writers of the Victorian Age are :

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Tennyson and Charles Dickens are considered two important writers of the Victorian Age because:

*   **Tennyson:** Alfred, Lord Tennyson was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. His poetry, such as "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Ulysses," and "In Memoriam A.H.H.," reflected the Victorian era's concerns with faith, doubt, progress, and the impact of industrialization. He captured the spirit and sensibilities of the age.

*   **Charles Dickens:** Dickens was a hugely popular novelist whose works like "Oliver Twist," "A Tale of Two Cities," "Great Expectations," and "David Copperfield" provided social commentary on Victorian society. He depicted the lives of the poor, the injustices of the legal system, and the hypocrisy of the upper classes. His novels were widely read and influenced public opinion.

**Why the other options are incorrect:**

*   **Option 1: Charles Dickens & John Donne:** While Charles Dickens is a prominent Victorian writer, John Donne was a major figure of the *Metaphysical Poets* of the *Jacobean* era (early 17th century), long before the Victorian period (1837-1901).

*   **Option 2: Shakespeare and Donne:** William Shakespeare was a towering figure of the *Elizabethan* and *Jacobean* eras (late 16th and early 17th centuries), and John Donne, as mentioned above, was a Jacobean poet. Neither belongs to the Victorian period.

*   **Option 4: Bacon and Eliot:** Francis Bacon was an important figure of the *English Renaissance* (16th-17th centuries). T.S. Eliot, while a significant writer, belongs to the *Modernist* period (early to mid-20th century), well after the Victorian era.