PEDESTRIANISM IN DICKENS FILM

WALKING VICTORIANS
I was watching a terrific film about Charles dickens and his tragic relationship with actress Ellen Ternan called The Invisible Woman (highly recommend it, BTW). In the film we get a glimpse of the Victorian pastime of outdoor walking. 

In the scene we see Dickens and Ternan strolling in the countryside. Because, like many Victorians, their relationship was frowned on by polite society, they took to the relative privacy of the walking paths for their time together. 






You see a similar thing in Pride and Prejudice, for the same reasons.