Provides an overview of the era in which Jane Austen lived, including descriptions of the fashions, foreign affairs, social rank, transportation, candle etiquette, sanitation practices, and other related topics and explaining how they were reflected in Austen's novels.
year: 2002
call number/section: 942
subjects: austen, jane, 1775-1817, criticism and interpretation, criticism, novelists, english, 19th century, biography, literature and society, england, history, great britain, in literature, manners and customs in literature, english novelists, england, social life and customs, 18th century, 19th century, great britain, history, 1800-1837, 1714-1837