Victorian Novels

I've just finished reading Emma, a novel set in those Victorian fancy days. It's a very fascist novel about high society and who can dominate the other household by being the most polite. It would have been a lot easier if each of their characters died a horrible horrible death. Not much conflict and happenings at all; it would have been a lot more interesting if the characters engaged in conversation other than gossip. Lower class is a lot more interesting as there's more going on and people are at more of a struggle; but maybe that's why TV dominates nowadays. Or maybe I should take life down a step further and write a bum's life novel.