Lesley Adkins: Jane Austen's England

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An interesting read for those fascinated by the details of life in different times and places, this look at daily life at the beginning of the 19th century is supported by extensive excerpts from contemporary sources, including references to Austen's life and works. Topics range from birth to marriage to death and burial, with many of the less significant events of life equally well covered, and Adkins does a fair job of showing the differences in manner of living due to wealth and class.

Informative and interesting - but I still don't know exactly what a "puppy" is or why Augusta Elton (nee Hawkins) should have had such a horror of them - though I have some ideas.