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Jane Austen's England
by Adkins, Roy; Adkins, Lesley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- clean pages, tight binding, orig/illustrated dust jacket over tan
- ISBN 10
- 0670785849
- ISBN 13
- 9780670785841
- Seller
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Slingerlands, New York, United States
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About This Item
Viking, 2013-08-15. First Edition. Hardcover. clean pages, tight binding, orig/illustrated dust jacket over tan. clean pages, tight binding, original dustjacket, illustrated dust jacket over tan cloth boards
Synopsis
A cultural snapshot of everyday life in the world of Jane Austen Jane Austen, arguably the greatest novelist of the English language, wrote brilliantly about the gentry and aristocracy of two centuries ago in her accounts of young women looking for love. Jane Austen’s England explores the customs and culture of the real England of her everyday existence depicted in her classic novels as well as those by Byron, Keats, and Shelley. Drawing upon a rich array of contemporary sources, including many previously unpublished manuscripts, diaries, and personal letters, Roy and Lesley Adkins vividly portray the daily lives of ordinary people, discussing topics as diverse as birth, marriage, religion, sexual practices, hygiene, highwaymen, and superstitions. From chores like fetching water to healing with medicinal leeches, from selling wives in the marketplace to buying smuggled gin, from the hardships faced by young boys and girls in the mines to the familiar sight of corpses swinging on gibbets, Jane Austen’s England offers an authoritative and gripping account that is sometimes humorous, often shocking, but always entertaining.
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Details
- Bookseller
- HGG Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0670785849
- Title
- Jane Austen's England
- Author
- Adkins, Roy; Adkins, Lesley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - clean pages, tight binding, orig
- Jacket Condition
- illustrated dust jacket over tan
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670785849
- ISBN 13
- 9780670785841
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013-08-15
- X weight
- 40 oz
Terms of Sale
HGG Books
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About the Seller
HGG Books
Biblio member since 2020
Slingerlands, New York
About HGG Books
Antiquarian and collectible bookseller specializing in illustrated and art books. We handle both older and modern books, but all are considered to have artistic value.
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