Jane Austen's England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods

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"Nearly two centuries after her death, Jane Austen remains the most cherished of all novelists in the English language, incomparable in the wit, warmth, and insight with which she depicts her characters and events. Yet the milieu Austen presents is only one aspect of the England in which she lived, a time of war, unrest, and dramatic changes in the country's physical and social landscape.

Jane Austen's England offers an enthralling new view of the great novelist's world, in a wide-ranging and richly detailed social history of English culture in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. As in their bestselling book Nelson's Trafalgar, Roy and Lesley Adkins have drawn upon a wide array of contemporary sources to chart the daily lives of both the gentry and the commoners. They provide a vivid snapshot of how people worked, played, and struggled to survive - an illuminating and enriching companion to Austen's great novels."

Publisher : Penguin Books; Illustrated edition (July 29, 2014)
Language : English
Paperback : 464 pages
ISBN-10 : 0143125729
ISBN-13 : 978-0143125723
Item Weight : 13.8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.47 x 1.01 x 8.47 inches