Jane Austen's England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency

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Jane Austen's England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods

A cultural snapshot of everyday life in the world of Jane Austen

Jane Austen, arguably the greatest novelist of the English language, wrote brilliantly about the gentry and aristocracy of two centuries ago in her accounts of young women looking for love. Jane Austenâ€™s England explores the customs and culture of the real England of her everyday existence depicted in her classic novels as well as those by Byron, Keats, and Shelley. Drawing upon a rich array of contemporary sources, including many previously unpublished manuscripts, diaries, and personal letters, Roy and Lesley Adkins vividly portray the daily lives of ordinary people, discussing topics as diverse as birth, marriage,Â religion, sexual practices, hygiene, highwaymen, and superstitions.

From chores like fetching water to healing withÂ medicinal leeches, from selling wives in the marketplace to buying smuggled gin, from the hardships faced by young boys and girls in the mines to the familiar sight of corpses swinging on gibbets, Jane Austenâ€™s England offers an authoritative and gripping account that is sometimes humorous, often shocking, but always entertaining.

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781101622865
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Penguin Books
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
NumberOfPages	447
PublicationDate	2013-08-15
Publisher	Penguin Books
ReleaseDate	2013-08-15
Studio	Penguin Books

Jane Austen's England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods

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