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Title: Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England from 1811-1901 by Kristine Hughes ISBN: 1-58297-280-X Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (17 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great starting point
Comment: Whereas other reviewers were turned off by this book's inadequacies, I found it to be a good starting point for someone interested in the nineteenth century. Though by no means is it a definitive guide, its introduction to the era through categorized chapters makes for an interesting and informative read.
I've found the bibliographies in each chapter to be very useful, since they provide leads on other works that would've taken me much longer to track down.
With chapters on military, food, home life, business, and other topics, this book does a decent job of detailing the ins-and-outs of the upper- and middle-class Victorian lifestyle.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good general writer resource, but not very specific
Comment: This is an enjoyable, easy-to-read book to read alongside your historicals. It brings some light to various things like currency, fashion, and food; but knitpickers beware: everything is in broad terms. There isn't a lot of specific detail and the pictures are only somewhat helpful, serving mainly to decorate the book and not necessarily educate.
For writers, this would definitely help flesh out the book, but if you want specifics, you have to dig a little deeper and do more research.
I gave this book 4 stars because it is great as a starting point. I found it helpful as a starting point for researching, but going deeper into the book, I found I needed more detail. It does save time because you do learn to focus, and general information is right at your fingertips.
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting facts and beginning source for info...
Comment: This book is especially slanted towards the Victorian era but does contain some Regency info that is helpful when wanting general information without indepth research. I would recommend backing up any facts with another source though. Some facts weren't dated so it was difficult to ascertain if they pertained to the Regency or Victorian era. All in all an enjoyable dive into history and helpful as simple research for history buffs or writers of light fiction.
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Title: What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England by Daniel Pool ISBN: 0671882368 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England by Venetia Murray ISBN: 0140282963 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 28 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Everyday Life in the 1800s: A Guide for Writers, Students & Historians by Marc McCutcheon ISBN: 1582970637 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: English WomenÂs Clothing in the Nineteenth Century : A Comprehensive Guide with 1,117 Illustrations by C. Willett Cunnington ISBN: 0486263231 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: English Society in the Eighteenth Century (Penguin Social History of Britain) by Roy Porter ISBN: 0140138196 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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