Since its discovery, alcohol has long been synonymous with partying and general rowdiness. It is not surprising that the same was true in Victorian England. The Victorian era was a time of peace and prosperity for much of Britain, the emergence of industrialism and the subsequent development of the British colonies led to a middle class emerging. Naturally, leisure activities emerged and the British people soon found new and exciting ways to enjoy Britain's prosperity. Perhaps the most important leisure activity was the consumption of alcohol not only in drinking establishments, but also at sporting events and occasional meals. As alcohol consumption became more widespread, those who disapproved of rowdy drunks began to form coalitions. Britain soon experienced a temperance movement aimed at ending public drunkenness and misbehavior under the influence of alcohol. Eventually, this would lead to a abstinence movement that wanted to ban alcohol altogether. This article will examine Peter Baileys' Leisure and Class in Victorian England, Lilian Lewis Shimans' Crusade Against Drink in Victorian England, Mike J. Huggins' “More Sinful Pleasures? Leisure, respectability and the male middle classes in Victorian England”, “Gentrifying the British Public House” by David W. Gutzkes, “Drink, Death and Bankruptcy: Retailing and Respectability in Late Victorian and Edwardian England” by John Bensons, and finally Brian Harrison Drinking and the Victorians: The Question of Temperance in England. This article will attempt to compare these historians' accounts of the role of drink in Victorian England and, from these, find the similarities and divergences in their respective accounts. Mike J. Huggins' article is centered......in the middle of the article. ..... in England, 1815-1872 (Michigan: Keele University Press, 1994) Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade Against Drink in Victorian England (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988)Bailey, Peter. Leisure and Lessons in Victorian England (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978)Huggins, Mike J. “More Sinful Pleasures?” Leisure, respectability and the male middle classes in Victorian England. Journal of Social History, vol 33, no.3 (Spring 2000) http://www.jstor.org/stable/3789212 Benson, John. “Drink, Death, and Bankruptcy: Retail Commerce and Respectability in Late Victorian and Edwardian England.” » Vol 32, no.1 (June 2007) http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/mdh/2007/00000032/00000001/ art00006Getzke, David W. “Gentrifying the British Public House, 1896-1914” Work international and working class. No.45 (Spring 1994) http://www.jstor.org/stable/27672124