![]() ![]() ![]() Not just on a daily basis, but for special occasions. What houses they lived in, how furniture was arranged, what food was eaten, how it was eaten, how it was cooked. ![]() But, in that brief space, Kristine Hughes manages to cover just about every aspect of everyday life for the English between 18.Įach chapter deals with one (or more, if related) aspects of everyday life-and that means not just the everyday life of the commoners, but everyday life for just about every conceivable member of society: from royalty and the aristocracy to chimney sweeps, from domestic servants to farmers, from doctors and seamstresses and soldiers to sailors and actors and drivers of stage coaches. It’s only about 250 pages, including some very comprehensive appendices, an equally comprehensive index, and more. Because that is what this brilliant little book is. The Writer’s Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England from 1811-1901 is a pretty long, but singularly apt, title. ![]()
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