High society in the Regency period, 1788-1820

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High society in the Regency period, 1788-1820

Venetia Murray

(Penguin books)

Penguin Books, 1999

  • : pbk

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High society : in the regency period : 1788-1820

High Society : a social history of the Regency 1788-1820

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Originally published as: High Society : a social history of the Regency 1788-1820. London: Viking, 1998

Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

'Full of wonderful social titbits and interesting pieces of information' - Amanda Foreman, "Mail On Sunday". The Regency is synonymous with a style unique in the English monarchy's history. A time of transition and paradox, elegance and vulgarity; when Lady Caroline Lamb stabbed herself for love of Byron and Stephenson invented the locomotive; when a mistress cost the equivalent of GBP100,000 a year and a farm labourer kept a family on 15 shillings a week. Murray chronicles the life of the beau monde during this extraordinary period. The book is lavishly illustrated with satirical prints of the period.

目次

  • An impolite society
  • bucks, beaux and "pinks of the Ton"
  • "the seventh heaven of the fashionable world"
  • relative values - the cost of living
  • London - the most prosperous city in Europe
  • from the seaside resorts to the northern meeting
  • "a mistress had a better deal than a wife"
  • clubs and taverns - gambling and gluttony
  • the age of indulgence
  • the pursuit of pleasure
  • charades and epigrams - the country house
  • fashion, manners and mores - the new liberalism
  • on the eve of reform.

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