A Visitor’s Guide To Jane Austen’s England - Sue Wilkes

Written by Sue Wilkes
Read by Christine Rendel
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps

General Information
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Title: A Visitor’s Guide to Jane Austen’s England
Author: Sue Wilkes
Reader: Christine Rendel
Audiobook Copyright: 2021-04-06
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Duration: 7 hrs 43 mins
ISBN: 9781666110197
Subjects: Nonfiction

File Information
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Media Format: AAC
Total Files: 1
Total Size: 429 MB
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Channels: Stereo

Book Description
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Immerse yourself in the vanished world inhabited by Jane Austen’s
contemporaries. Packed with detail and anecdotes, this is an intimate
exploration of how the middle and upper classes lived from 1775, the
year of Austen’s birth, to the coronation of George IV in 1820. Sue
Wilkes skillfully conjures up all aspects of daily life within the
period, drawing on contemporary diaries, illustrations, letters,
novels, travel literature, and archives.

- Were all unmarried affluent men really “in want of a wife”?

- Where would a young lady seek adventure?

- Would “taking the waters” at Bath and other spas kill or cure you?

- Was Lizzy Bennet bitten by bed-bugs while traveling?

- What would you wear to a country ball or a dance at Almack’s?

- Would Mr. Darcy have worn a corset?

- What hidden horrors lurked in elegant Regency houses?