What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox

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

A â€œdelightful readerâ€™s companionâ€ (The New York Times) to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, Dickens, Trollope, the BrontÃ«s, and more, this lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules and customs that governed life in Victorian England.

For anyone who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell â€œTally Ho!â€ at a fox hunt, or how one landed in â€œdebtorâ€™s prison,â€ this book serves as an indispensable historical and literary resource. Author Daniel Pool provides countless intriguing details (did you know that the â€œplumsâ€ in Christmas plum pudding were actually raisins?) on the Church of England, sex, Parliament, dinner parties, country house visiting, and a host of other aspects of nineteenth-century English lifeâ€”both â€œupstairsâ€ and â€œdownstairs.

An illuminating glossary gives at a glance the meaning and significance of terms ranging from â€œagueâ€ to â€œwainscoting,â€ the specifics of the currency system, and a lively host of other details and curiosities of the day.
Country USA
Manufacturer Touchstone
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-10-02
Format Kindle eBook

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