What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew - by Daniel Pool (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A "delightful reader's companion" (<i>The New York Times</i>) to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, Dickens, Trollope, the Brontës, and more, this lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules and customs that governed life in Victorian England. <p/>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. Author Daniel Pool provides countless intriguing details (did you know that the "plums" in Christmas plum pudding were actually raisins?) on the Church of England, sex, Parliament, dinner parties, country house visiting, and a host of other aspects of nineteenth-century English life--both "upstairs" and "downstairs. <p/>An illuminating glossary gives at a glance the meaning and significance of terms ranging from "ague" to "wainscoting," the specifics of the currency system, and a lively host of other details and curiosities of the day.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Geoffrey Stokes <i>The Boston Globe</i> Indispensable...Pool has gathered together...the facts of daily life in 19th-century England, and no one who likes an occasional dip into the period's history or literature can afford to be without it.<br><br>Glenn Giffin <i>The Denver Post</i> It's great fun reading this, and Pool has provided a valuable service.<br><br>M.G. Lord <i>New York Newsday</i> A delightful book...indispensable to lovers of Victorian literature.<br><br>Patrick T. Reardon <i>Chicago Tribune</i> This entertaining social history is just the ticket for Americans who like to read Dickens and other 19th-century novelists...or for anyone who likes to read histories and biographies of that era.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Daniel Pool received a doctorate in political science from Brandeis University and a law degree from Columbia University. He lives in New York City.
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