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A “delightful reader’s companion” (The New York Times) 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.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. 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.
Daniel Pool received a doctorate in political science from Brandeis University and a law degree from Columbia University. He lives in New York City.
ContentsIntroductionPart OneThe BasicsCurrencyThe CalendarHogsheads and Drams: English MeasurementEnglandLondonThe Public WorldPrecedence: Of Bishops, Barristers, and BaronetsThe TitledHow to Address Your BettersEsq., Gent., K.C.B., etc.Status: Gentlemen and Lesser FolkSocietySociety and "The Season"Basic EtiquetteHow to Address the Nontitled"May I Have This Dance?"The Rules of Whist and Other Card GamesCalling Cards and CallsThe Major RitualsPresentation at CourtThe Dinner PartyThe BallThe Country House VisitMoneyBeing WealthyEntail and Protecting the EstateBankruptcy, Debt, and MoneylendingPower and the EstablishmentThe GovernmentBritannia Rules the WavesThe ArmyThe Church of EnglandOxford and CambridgeSchools"The Law Is a Ass"LawyersCrime and PunishmentTransitionThe HorsePlease, James, the CoachThe RailroadThe MailThe CountryLife on the FarmThe Midlands, Wessex, and YorkshireWho's Who in the CountryShire and Shire Alike: Local Government in Britain"The Theory and System of Fox Hunting"Vermin, Poachers, and KeepersFairs and MarketsThe Private World"Reader, I Married Him"SexAn Englishman's HomeHouses with NamesFurnitureLightingHow the English Kept Clean"Please, Sir, I Want Some More."Pudding!TeaDrink and the Evils ThereofWomen's ClothingMen's ClothingServantsThe GovernessA Taxonomy of MaidsVictorian RecyclingThe Grim WorldThe OrphanOccupationsApprenticesThe WorkhouseDiseaseDoctorsDeath and Other Grave MattersPart TwoGlossaryBibliographyIndex
M.G. Lord New York Newsday A delightful book...indispensable to lovers of Victorian literature.
