Domestic Manners of the Americans

Domestic Manners of the Americans

by Fanny Trollope
Domestic Manners of the Americans

Domestic Manners of the Americans

by Fanny Trollope

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Overview

The publication of Domestic Manners of the Americans in 1832 caused a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic. Part satire, part masterpiece of nineteenth-century travel writing, this perceptive and humorous book grew from Trollope's ill-fated attempt to escape growing debts and the oppressively black moods of her husband. When she left England in 1827 with three of her children and a young French artist, her destination was a utopian community in Tennessee, established to prepare slaves for eventual emancipation. Horrified by the primitive conditions she discovered there, Trollope quickly fled with her children to the booming frontier town of Cincinnati. After two miserable years she retreated to England, where she launched her remarkably successful literary career with this timeless and biting commentary on a society torn between high ideals and human frailties.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783732636181
Publisher: Outlook Verlag
Publication date: 04/07/2018
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Fanny Trollope (1779-1863) was an English novelist. Sara Wheeler is a travel writer whose books include Too Close to the Sun, Travels in a Thin Country, and O My America!

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Selected Further Reading
Note on the Text

DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE AMERICANS

Appendix A: Unpublished Preface from the Rough Draft of Domestic Manners of the Americans

Appendix B: Preface to the Fifth Edition of Domestic Manners of the Americans (1839)

Appendix C: 'A Fragment' Appended to the Fifth Edition

Notes

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