What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England

Name: What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England
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ISBN: 9780671882365

ISBN-10: 0671882368

ISBN-13: 9780671882365

Edition: 1994 (Reprint)

Authors: Daniel Pool

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For every frustrated reader of the great nineteenth-century English novels of Austen, Trollope, Dickens, or the Brontës who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell "Tally Ho!" at a fox hunt, or how one landed in "debtor's prison," here is a "delightful reader's companion that lights up the literary dark"(The New York Times). This fascinating, lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules, regulations, and customs that governed everyday life in Victorian England. Author Daniel Pool provides countless intriguing details (did you know that the "plums" in Christmas plum pudding were actually raisins?) on the Church of England, sex, Parliament, dinner…

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List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 4/21/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction





The BasicsCurrency


The Calendar


Hogsheads and Drams: English Measurement


England


London


The Public World


Precedence: Of Bishops, Barristers, and Baronets


The Titled


How to Address Your Betters


Esq., Gent., K.C.B., etc.


Status: Gentlemen and Lesser Folk


Society


Society and ""The Season""


Basic Etiquette


How to Address the Nontitled


""May I Have This Dance?""


The Rules of Whist and Other Card Games


Calling Cards and Calls


The Major Rituals


Presentation at Court


The Dinner Party


The Ball


The Country House