How did gentlemen have fun in the Victorian era?

If you mean healthy, wholesome fun, the Victorian era spanned better than 60 years so things changed a bit. Sport was one way, though a gentlemen should also be able to play the piano and be able to dance - formal and informal entertainments and balls were incredibly important before the invention of radio television and the internet. read more

During the Victorian era, when someone was called Victorian gentlemen, it meant that they did not need to work in order to earn money or perform any manual labour in order to live and survive. Also, this type of man was classified by owning their own land and having a particularly generous income. read more