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Jane Austen's England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods
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About Jane Austen's England: Daily Life In The Georgian
Product Description An authoritative account of everyday life in Regency England, the backdrop of Austen’s beloved novels, from the authors of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 2018) 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 life. 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 a fascinating new view of the great novelist’s time, in a wide-ranging and richly detailed social history of English culture. 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, providing a vivid cultural snapshot of not only how people worked and played, but how they struggled to survive. Review “This is fascinating reading for any classical fiction or history enthusiast. And for Janeites? It’s an essential guide to getting your Austenian life accurate to the last detail.” —The Huffington Post “As this immensely useful and informative book makes clear, Regency England was no laughing matter.” —Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post “Fascinating . . . an excellent read, with each chapter offering a treasury of insights into the lives of Austen’s contemporaries, both rich and poor.” —USA Today “This encyclopedic and entertaining volume will suite readers who daydream about going back in time to walk alongside literary figures such as Austen. . . . Readers will appreciate its exciting sweep.” —Publishers Weekly “The Adkins have magnificently covered the social and cultural history of this period with well-structured prose and a sound attention for detail.” —Breck Baumann, The Colonial Review “Roy and Lesley Adkins vividly evoke the ways in which wealth and poverty coexisted ... This excellent book reminds us that, in many ways, Georgian England was as remote and alien to a modern sensibility as the Roman Empire.” —Nick Rennison, Sunday Times “An excellent resource for Austen devotees interested in rich details of the late 18th- and early 19th-century English life.” —Kathryn Bartelt, Library Journal “Here, we are at the heart of what drives Austen’s characters, what preoccupies their minds and what must have preoccupied the mind of Austen and her sister Cassandra.” —Katie Baker, Daily Beast “This is a fantastic holiday gift for an Austen fan or history buff.” —Gabrielle Pantera, British Weekly “For fans of Austen and English history, a deeply informative picture of Regency life.” —Kirkus Reviews “This enjoyable history enlarges on themes that permeate Austen’s evocations of the social customs of early-nineteenth-century England.” —The New Yorker “While this beautiful, impeccably-researched volume will rob you of your fancies, it leaves in their place a much more interesting and dynamic picture of Austen’s life and times. Never will you have more appreciation for Jane until you fully understand the world she occupied.” —Shelley DeWees, Austenprose “A remarkable job of research and writing that informs as well as entertains … The Adkins do not subject us to mere romantic assumptions, but relate the harsh reality of life for the majority of people living during that age.” —Vic Sanborn, Jane Austen’s World “A comprehensive survey of daily life in the time of Jane Austen ... It is full of nuggets of surprising information ... This is a fine book for browsing.” —Peter Lewis, Daily Mail (London), Book of the Week “A lively and impressionistic guide to the age, enjoyable for those entirely new to the subject, but also for the better informed.” —Rosemary Goring, Sunday Herald (Glasgow) “This is an
