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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

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

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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel PoolPublish date:1994-04-21Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Touchstone BooksISBN-13:9780671882365ISBN-10:671882368UPC:9780671882365Book Category:History, Literary Criticism, EducationBook Subcategory:Europe, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, ReferenceBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.48 x 5.50 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.9414Product ID:SCG1YSQM52

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

A "delightful reader's companion" (The New York Times) to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, Dickens, Trollope, the Bront?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 "Tally Ho!" at a fox hunt, or how one landed in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Touchstone BooksISBN-13:9780671882365ISBN-10:671882368UPC:9780671882365Book Category:History, Literary Criticism, EducationBook Subcategory:Europe, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, ReferenceBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.48 x 5.50 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.9414Product ID:SCG1YSQM52
Daniel Pool received a doctorate in political science from Brandeis University and a law degree from Columbia University. He lives in New York City.
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