Buy this book on-line Pool,Daniel : What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew : From Fox-Hunting to Whist -The Facts of Daily Life in 19th.Century EnglandSimon & Schuster, New York, 1993 ISBN 0671793373
"this lively guide...clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules and customs that governed life in Victorian England. For anyone 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," This book serves as an indispensable historical and literary resource to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, The Brontes, Dickens, Trollope and others. 426p. illus bibliography. index.. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Pool,Daniel : What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew : From Fox-Hunting to Whist -The Facts of Daily Life in 19th.Century England. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, first editions, rare books, out-of-print books and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |