For every frustrated reader of the great nineteenth-century English novels of Austen, Trollope, Dickens, or the Brontës 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," here is a "delightful reader's companion that lights up the literary dark" (The New York Times). This fascinating, lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules, regulations, and customs that governed everyday life in Victorian England. 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.
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3.5 某些部分挺有意思,但是講card game的部分真是一點也看不下去
评分用十九世紀的英國小說做例子, 介紹當時的社會. 很好的入門簡介. 看瞭之後再迴頭看小說可以理解不少細節.
评分很久以前看過,通過小說的片段介紹18、19世紀英國風情,很豐富很有趣
评分3.5 某些部分挺有意思,但是講card game的部分真是一點也看不下去
评分3.5 某些部分挺有意思,但是講card game的部分真是一點也看不下去
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