What Jane Austen ate and Charles Dickens knew : from fox hunting to whist--the facts of daily life in nineteenth-century England / Daniel Pool.
What Jane Austen ate and Charles Dickens knew : from fox hunting to whist--the facts of daily life in nineteenth-century England / Daniel Pool.
By
:
Pool, Daniel.
Publication Date
:
1993
Publication Information
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New York : Simon & Schuster,
Physical Description
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416 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Literature and society -- England.
Manners and customs in literature.
Geographic Term
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England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[395]-403) and index.
Summary
:
This is not a history book, and not a collection of dry footnotes, this is a book of engaging and vivid descriptions that transport you to nineteenth century England and reveals the facets of daily life as Dickens, Austen and Trollope and their readers experienced them.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780671793371
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| Corner Brook (WCB) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 820.9 P78 | Checked In |