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		"What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew" by Daniel Pool Touchstone Books, 1994 Paperback Edition ISBN#0671882368 $14.00 (less 20% disc.)
	Table of Contents Introduction Part One The Basics Currency The Calendar Hogsheads and Drams-Eng. Measurement England London The Public World Precedence The Titled How To Address Your Betters Esq., Gent., K.C.B. etc. Status: Gentlemen and Lesser Folk Society The Major Rituals Money Power and the Establishment Transition The Horse Please, James, the Coach The Railroad The Mail The Country Life on the Farm The Midlands, Wessex, and Yorkshire Who's Who in the Country Shire and Shire Alike: Government in Brit. "The Theory and System of Fox Hunting" Vermin, Poachers, and Keepers Fairs and Markets		The Private World "Reader, I Married Him" Sex An Englishman's Home Houses with Names Furniture Lighting How the English Kept Clean "Please, Sir, I Want Some More" Pudding! Tea Drink and the Evils Thereof Women's Clothing Men's Clothing Servants The Governess A Taxonomy of Maids Victorian Recycling The Grim World The Orphan Occupations Apprentices The Workhouse Disease Doctors Death and Other Grave Matters Part Two Glossary Bibliography Index
	SYNOPSIS: If you want an overview of life in Nineteenth Century England, this is the book. From such details as explanation of a shilling, and the hierarchy of life below stairs, to the broad overview of shires and their governing, this book is a wealth of information. The extensive glossary defines all those words you've come across in Austen and Trollope novels, but wasn't quite sure what they meant. If this information isn't enough, the bibliography directs you to more resources on the topics you which to pursue further. TO ORDER THIS BOOK, CLICK HERE! *NOTE: Prices are current when the page is posted on the site. Amazon.com may change the pricing policy at any time. To The Top | Back to Current Feature Page | About Literary Liaisons | Author Links | Bookstore Index | Fiction | Non-Fiction | Newsletter | Research Articles | Reference Books | On-line Resources | RWA Chapters | Sign Our Guestbook | Contact Us | Home This page last updated February 7, 1998 Copyright 1998, Literary Liaisons, Ltd. Artwork courtesy of Marvelicious and Angel's Free Web graphics