What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox

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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
Author	Daniel Pool
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781439144800
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Touchstone
Manufacturer	Touchstone
NumberOfPages	418
PublicationDate	2012-10-02
Publisher	Touchstone
ReleaseDate	2012-10-02
Studio	Touchstone

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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