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An eccentric collection of brief essays (plus a glossary) that explains not the facts but the fictions of English life, as they were represented by writers such as Hardy, Trollope, Dickens, and Jane Austen. To provide an understanding of the life portrayed in 19th- century English novels, Pool focuses primarily on economic and social issues; the era's money, calendar (holidays, terms, reigns), and measurements; and geography. The ``public world'' of the era, he explains, consisted of titles, forms of address, various ranks in status and the etiquette associated with them, dinner parties, card games, presentations at court, social ``seasons,'' and balls- -from whom to invite to what to wear, to why wax dripping from overhead chandeliers on to guests was perilous. Pool--often sounding like the annotator of a Jane Austen text--explains the country-house visit; the contemporary definition of wealth; ways to protect one's estate--or to lose it; Parliament; the Church; the navy; universities; law, lawyers, and criminals. A section on ``transition'' discusses the roles of horses, coaches, railroads, and the mail, and is followed by essays on country life (hunting, farms, fairs) and on domesticity (marriage, sex, divorce, furniture, lighting, bathing, food--including puddings, oysters, and gruel--and drink, fashion, and servants). Pool winds up with the ``grim world'' of orphans, work, poverty, disease, and death, while a glossary explains names such as Wellington and Westminster, and terms such as ``wet nurse'' and ``whalebone.'' Not history per se but a period piece--a reproduction of the idealizations and stereotypes that appeared in fiction, many of which were well explained in context. Superficial but charming--in effect, a handbook on how to live as if one were a character in a 19th-century English novel. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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This guide to daily life in 19th-centuryEngland is a welcome companion for readers of Austin, the Brontes, Dickens, and Trollope. The first section is a collection of engrossing short chapters on various aspects of British life, including clothing, etiquette, marriage, money, occupations, society, and transportation. For example, customs now lost but very much practiced at the time were primogeniture, which ensured that the great family houses would not be split up, and the avoidance of eating cheese by the middle class, who considered it a food for the poor. The second part of the book is a glossary of commonly used words or phrases that may be unfamiliar to the modern reader; for instance, tar was a colloquial name for a sailor. Although there are many books on the social history of 19th-century Britain (including several companions to Victorian fiction), this volume is useful because of its concise chapters and lengthy glossary. Recommended for general literature collections.
- Caroline Mitchell, Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- Caroline Mitchell, Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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I picked this book up after reading _Everyday Life In Regency and Victorian England_, which I thought did a decent job of describing the mundane details of English life in the 1800's. Daniel Pool's book is immensely more interesting, detailed, and enjoyable.
_What Jane Austen Ate..._ is divided into two parts: a series of essays on daily life in the 19th century, and an exhaustive glossary of words common to the folk of the period, but not to us. Both parts are engaging and
interesting, suggesting all sorts of interesting ideas for characters, scenes, plots, and schemes (Most people will read this for background on other works, but I read it to ensure historical accuracy in something I'm working on). Pool refers to classical works by Dickens, Austen and Eliot when describing a certain facet of life to help pull it all together.
This book gets 5 stars not because it's the greatest book in the world, but because it's clearly the best of its kind. Readers and writers of 19th century fiction would do well to read it.
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OK, so maybe you can live quite nicely without ever learning about the Order of Precedence, rules for being presented at Court or the difference between a Hogshead and a dram.
If you're like me, however, you love the novels of Regency and Victorian England. I couldn't get enough of Jane Austin with her cool and witty observations on the marriage game, the passionate writings of Charlotte Bronte that seemed to reflect her own inner demons, the bucolic romances of George Eliot or Thomas Hardy's tragi-comic portrayals of men's and women's conflicts within an indifferent society.
These novelists' contemporaries understood the nuances of the society in which they placed their characters, but the modern American reader will not. For this reason, "What Jane Austin Ate and Charles Dickens Knew" is an indispensible reference book. The cultural literacy it provides can only enhance your reading of England's 19th Century literary greats.
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I have owned this book for years, and use it constantly in my writing. I recently saw it on a friend's wish list and had to comment. Along the lines of the Writer's Digest series "Everyday Life In The..", "What Jane Austen Ate..." is a wonderful explanation of many things Regency: the social Season, the rules of whist, and everything in between. I highly recommend this book to writers, history buffs, romance lovers and anyone who is the least bit interested in the social graces of the British early 1800's.
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I'd give it ten stars if I could!
Here is your ultimate Regency reference book! If you write in this period, or just love English history, this is the book for you! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Mai 2000 von Jesse Petersen
An essential book for anyone who read Victorian novels
This is an excellent book for anyone who has read a book by Austin, Dickens or anyone who lived in the 19th century. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. April 2000 von Moe811
Couldn't read _Pride and Prejudice_ without it!
An essential. I read it before I read any of Jane Austen's books, and I really don't believe I could have gotten through them without it! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. März 2000 von Becky Grace
A great resource
Wow! What a great book! I devoured it in a day, highlighting everything that will definitely come in useful to me later! Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
Nachschlagewerk zum drin festlesen.
Anglistik habe ich nicht studiert, deshalb ist mir auch die Verzweiflung fremd, die man beim Lesen englischer Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts spueren kann. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
A gem!
I had first read this thoroughly enjoyable book in 1993, and ever since I cannot help going back to it again and again.
Veröffentlicht am 5. September 1999 von quincunx@excite.co.jp
Exceptionally entertaining and informative.
Daniel Pool's book is not only packed with loads of facts and figures (an explanation of British currency), it is also a fun read. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. August 1999 von Samantha (barrackswench@msn.com)
Excellent!
If you need a great book about the 19th century, look no further. I found it to be an excellent reference book. Very handy and informative. Worth all the money.
Am 2. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Excellent resource for understanding 1800's England
This book should be required reading for anyone interested in 19th century English literature, or even films made of this time period. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Concise and humorous!
For all of us who have spent years studying Victorian history and still had the burning question, "When the devil is Michaelmas?"
Am 22. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
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