What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew [SCM]
by Daniel Pool Author
A book of engaging and vivid description that transports you to nineteenth-century England and reveals the facets of daily life as Dickens and Austen experienced them. Now you can find out the rules of Whist and what was in the gruel that Scrooge ate to ease his cold. Also contains a glossary for quick reference. Please preview Section 45 before allowing a student to read unsupervised.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0-671-79337-3
- Print Status
- In Print
- Sections
- 67
- Pages
- 416
- Suggested Grades
- 7th - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- England
- Historical Setting
- 1775 - 1870
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Copyright
- 1993
Sections
- 1 Currency
- 2 The Calendar
- 3 Hogsheads and Drams: English Measurement
- 4 England
- 5 London
- 6 Precedence: Of Bishops, Barristers, and Baronets
- 7 The Titled
- 8 How to Address Your Betters
- 9 Esq., Gent., K.C.B., etc.
- 10 Status: Gentlemen and Lesser Folk
- 11 Society and 'The Season'
- 12 Basic Etiquette
- 13 How to Address the Nontitled
- 14 'May I Have This Dance?'
- 15 The Rules of Whist and Other Card Games
- 16 Calling Cards and Calls
- 17 Presentation at Court
- 18 The Dinner Party
- 19 The Ball
- 20 The Country House Visit
- 21 Being Wealthy
- 22 Entail and Protecting the Estate
- 23 Bankruptcy, Debt, and Moneylending
- 24 The Government
- 25 Britannia Rules the Waves
- 26 The Army
- 27 The Church of England
- 28 Oxford and Cambridge
- 29 Schools
- 30 'The Law Is a Ass'
- 31 Lawyers
- 32 Crime and Punishment
- 33 The Horse
- 34 Please, James, the Coach
- 35 The Railroad
- 36 The Mail
- 37 Life on the Farm
- 38 The Midlands, Wessex, and Yorkshire
- 39 Who's Who in the Country
- 40 Shire and Shire Alike: Local Government in Britain
- 41 'The Theory and System of Fox Hunting'
- 42 Vermin, Poachers, and Keepers
- 43 Fairs and Markets
- 44 'Reader, I Married Him'
- 45 Sex
- 46 An Englishman's Home
- 47 Houses with Names
- 48 Furniture
- 49 Lighting
- 50 How the English Kept Clean
- 51 'Please, Sir, I Want Some More'
- 52 Pudding!
- 53 Tea
- 54 Drink and the Evils Thereof
- 55 Women's Clothing
- 56 Men's Clothing
- 57 Servants
- 58 The Governess
- 59 A Taxonomy of Maids
- 60 Victorian Recycling
- 61 The Orphan
- 62 Occupations
- 63 Apprentices
- 64 The Workhouse
- 65 Disease
- 66 Doctors
- 67 Death and Other Grave Matters
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