false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1159411013m/1987.jpg 1987 3 For every frustrated reader of the great nineteenth-century English novels of Austen, Trollope, Dickens, or the Brontës who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell "Tally Ho!" at a fox hunt, or how one landed in "debtor's prison," here is a "delightful reader's companion that lights up the literary dark" <I>(The New York Times).</I><P>This fascinating, lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules, regulations, and customs that governed everyday life in Victorian England. Author Daniel Pool provides countless intriguing details (did you know that the "plums" 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 life -- both "upstairs" and "downstairs."<P>An illuminating glossary gives at a glance the meaning and significance of terms ranging from "ague" to "wainscoting," the specifics of the currency system, and a lively host of other details and curiosities of the day.<P> 936892 1993 What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England total:1075|5:254|4:437|3:323|2:53|1:8| 1075 4101 1998 153 4 4 false false Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 24 12:45:51 -0800 2007 Fri Jun 13 09:52:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 16:59:43 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 17:06:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Nov 29 07:55:45 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 22 19:20:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 14 13:04:55 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 09:22:18 -0800 2009
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