Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing - Paperbackby Catherine J. Golden (Author) Although "snail mail" may seem old fashioned and outdated in the twenty first century, Catherine Golden argues that the creation of the Penny Post in Victorian England was just as revolutionary in its time as e mail and text messages are today. Until Queen Victoria instituted the Postal Reform Act of 1839, mail was a luxury affordable only by the rich. Allowing anyone, from any social class, to send a letter anywhere in