Filled with lively essays and a glossary of obscure terms, this unique reference--organized by subject--is a practical and entertaining compendium of information and insight on this time of debtor prisons, bedlam, and that wonderful disease of sense and sensibility, "putrid fever". Illustrations.

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Do you know What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew?

Date of Review: Apr 24, 2003

The Bottom Line: Handy guide to deciphering some of the goings-on in 19th c. English literature.

Review: I haven't read as many of the classics as I should, I suppose. I read and enjoy Jane Austen, but I've yet to crack open any works by Dickens, Trollope, the Brontes, and I don't remember a single thing about George Eliot's Middlemarch... But I picked...

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by: arianej
Recommended to buy: Yes

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lots of great trivia, well organized...

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not really a guide to all aspects of...

How to Live a 19th-Century Life

Date of Review: Jun 11, 2001

The Bottom Line: For writers, readers and history buffs, a very readable reference book on daily life in 19th-century England.

Review: If you love to read historical novels, whether they be the classics of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters and Anthony Trollope, or historical romances by such authors as Judith McNaught and Julia Quinn, this is a great book for you. It...

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by: chrissy1018
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great reference book

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wish there was more

Excellent if taken with a grain of salt

Date of Review: Jul 7, 2003

The Bottom Line: I would recommend this book to everyone who enjoys 18th century literature and wants to understand more about the time.

Review: This is a nice, well written overview of some of the cultural idiosyncracies of 18th century England. It covers most of the essential subjects such as currency, inheritance laws and customs and the different sorts of horse drawn carriage.

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by: honestpuck
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Covers the essential information

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Some inaccuracies

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Authors	Daniel Pool
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	Times Literary Supplement: "American readers, for whom the book was originally (in 1994) designed, will benefit more than British. But Pool adds invaluably to the 'solidity of specification' (as Henry James called it), that assumed but undescribed socio-historical backdrop, which every year recedes further from us as Victorian fiction becomes more remotely Victorian."
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	Format: Paperback Publisher: Touchstone Books (April 01, 1994) Measurements: 8"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 1"(d), 1 lbs. ISBN: 9780671882365

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