What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew
Sanjeeda Hossain
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist – the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century England
Daniel Pool
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994 (1st Edition), pp. 416
ISBN: 0-671-79337-3
The novel was the most significant literary genre during 19th-century England. English novels of this period document social history from the perspective of the novelists. These novels also present disparities among genders, classes, and environments; these function as a driving force behind their characters’ formation. The aristocrats enjoying remarkable achievements in the fields of science and education and, their negligence and injustice towards the underprivileged were the major issues dealt in them. However, bizarre customs and regulations, set by the powerful upon the weak, often breed insurmountable questions in ...
Published in Summer 2017