Jane Austen's England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods

An authoritative account of everyday life in Regency England, the backdrop of Austen's beloved novels including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.

Nearly two centuries after her death, Jane Austen remains the most cherished of all novelists in the English language, incomparable in the wit, warmth, and insight with which she depicts her characters and life. Yet the milieu Austen presents is only one aspect of the England in which she lived, a time of war, unrest, and dramatic chan...